Sudan’s NISS frees UNAMID female staff member
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July 13, 2011 (KHARTOUM) – The National Intelligence and Security
Services (NISS) in Sudan has released a local woman who worked for the
United Nations-African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID).
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UNAMID staff member Hawa Abdallah (Sudanese Media Center website)
Hawa Abdallah was arrested in early May and was accused of working to
propagate Christianity among children at IDP camps in Sudan’s restive
region of Darfur.
Sudanese Media Center (SMC), a website believed to be run by NISS, at
the time published a picture of her holding an English copy of the
bible.
No formal charges were ever pressed against her. The crime of apostasy
is punishable by death under Sudanese law.
The Darfur peacekeeping force said in its daily briefing on Wednesday
that Abdallah was released from detention yesterday in Khartoum adding
that she underwent a medical examination and appears to be in good
health.
UNAMID said that its senior leadership continues to press Sudan
authorities for the immediate release of another staff member, Idriss
Abdel-Rahman, who remains in detention in Nyala since late April.
Last week, the head of UNAMID, Ibrahim Gambari, had called for
releasing both Abdullah and Abdel-Rahman.
The UN has argued that its staff has functional immunity – protection
from charges that might be leveled against them for activities related
to their official duties.
Gambari had previously stated that the arrest of the two national
staff contravened the Status of Forces (SAF) Agreement between UNAMID
and Khartoum.
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