Rights abuses in Sudan unabated, report shows
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May 13, 2011 (KHARTOUM) – Various forms of human rights violations and
conflict-concomitant abuses continue to be rife in large parts of
Sudan, an international report indicated on Friday.
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A Sudanese policeman flogs a woman as she cries for help
In its 2011 annual report on the state of the world’s human rights,
the London-based Amnesty International (AI) painted a grim picture of
the human rights state in Sudan, documenting a large number of
violations and abuses committed by state actors.
“Human rights violations, mainly by the National Intelligence and
Security Service (NISS), continued to be committed with impunity,” AI
said.
The global human rights advocator singled out the case of Adil Ibraim
Karar, a 56-year-old activist who remains detained by the NISS despite
the release of over 70 other activists who attempted to stage
anti-government protests earlier this year, as deserving of urgent
action.
AI said that Karar was snatched on 31 January on suspicion of
intending to take part in anti-government demonstrations.
“He has not been charged with any recognizable criminal offence and is
being held by the NISS in an unknown location in Khartoum,” AI said.
According to AI, Adil Karar “suffers from asthma and back problems,”
adding that he has reportedly been “refused medical treatment and
access to pain medication. He is at risk of torture or other forms of
ill-treatment.”
Sudan broke up few anti-government demonstrations since the start of
this year as public dissent grew over worsening economic conditions
and lack of political reforms. Police forces supported by NISS agents
used excessive force against protestors and arrested dozens who were
reportedly subjected to torture.
“Perceived critics of the government were arrested, tortured or
ill-treated and prosecuted for exercising their rights to freedom of
expression, association and assembly,” AI noted.
AI also said that “hundreds of thousands of civilians continued to
suffer the effects of armed conflict and restricted access to
humanitarian aid.”
“In Darfur,” AI said, “the conflict escalated and included attacks on
villages which resulted in thousands of newly displaced people. Sexual
violence against women remained rife in and around camps for the
internally displaced. Abductions and attacks on humanitarian convoys
also increased.”
Sudan’s westernmost region of Darfur emerged from obscurity in 2003,
after an armed conflict erupted between rebels belonging mostly to
African ethnicities and the central government in Khartoum.
A harsh counterinsurgency campaign by the Sudanese government is
blamed for the death of 300, 000 people and displacement of 2.7
million, according to UN figures.
AI noted that Sudan has continued to apply the death penalty,
“including against juveniles.”
It also said that women, young girls and men were arrested and flogged
in the north because of their “dress” or “behavior” in public places.
As the world marked international women day in March this year,
Sudanese security forces arrested and beat dozes of female activists
as they attempted to stage a protest against right abuses and alleged
rape of a female activist by NISS agents.
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