Sudan’s security forces arrest Darfurian students in northern town
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April 29, 2011 (KHARTOUM) –Sudan’s security forces in the country’s
northern town of Shendi severely beat and arrested student activists
affiliated with the Darfur rebel group Sudan Liberation Movement (SLM)
led by Abdel Wahid Mohamed Al-Nur.
According to spokesman of SLM chairman’s office Mustafa Tamboor, five
students at the residence of Shendi University sustained severe
injuries when they were beaten on Thursday evening by members of
Sudan’s security forces. He added that five other SLM students were
arrested and charged with attempting to stage an anti-government
protest.
"The detainees were told [by security members] that Shedni is the
homeland of the president [Al-Bashir] and no rebels can ever protest
in it," Tamboor said.
Supporters of the SLM-AW have recently organized a series of
demonstrations in different Sudanese towns against the government of
President Al-Bashir who is facing charges of genocide, war crimes and
crimes against humanity.
The protests first took place on 25 April in Sinnar State with
demonstrators chanting anti-government slogans and calling for trying
President Al-Bashir at the International Criminal Court which charges
him with masterminding war crimes, crimes against humanity and
genocide allegedly committed during Darfur conflict.
Another wave of protests broke out three days later in the main three
towns of Darfur region, where a number of demonstrators were arrested.
Sudan’s westernmost region of Darfur has been devastated by an armed
conflict between the government and rebels accusing it of
marginalizing the region. The conflict claimed the lives of 300,000
people, and displaced more than 2.7 million, according to UN agencies.
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