JEM slams move to prosecute SPLM-N’s sec-gen
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August 18, 2011 (KHARTOUM) – A rebel group from Sudan’s western region
of Darfur has denounced the legal proceedings being instigated by the
government against the secretary-general of the opposition Sudan
People’s Liberation Movement-Northern Sector (SPLM-N) Yasir Arman on
the grounds of his alleged visit to Israel.
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Ahmed Adam JEM official spokesperson (Flicker)
State prosecutors in Sudan are reportedly preparing to instigate legal
proceedings against Arman after pro-government media reported that he
led a delegation of the SPLM-N to the Jewish state and met the
minister of foreign affairs Avigdor Lieberman and defense minister
Ehud Barak.
A local newspaper in Khartoum quoted sources as saying that the
possible lawsuit is based on the classification of Israel as an enemy
state and that any Sudanese citizen who travels there would face
criminal charges. The sources added that Arman, who is currently in
Nairobi, will be summoned to appear before the State Security
Prosecution division. Should he not show up for questioning a warrant
may be issued for him through the Interpol.
The move is believed to presages a total ban on the activities of the
SPLM-N in Sudan after the group’s fighters in the southern state of
South Kordofan clashed with Sudan army since early June.
Arman strongly denied the alleged visit, saying he has never visited
the Jewish state. “the dissemination of these lies and allegations
reflect a deep crisis experienced by the one-party regime in Khartoum,
” he said in an interview with the Cairo-based Al-Ahram newspaper.
The Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), one of the rebel groups in
Sudan’s western region of Darfur, on Thursday issued a press release
chiding the “terror” campaign against Arman.
According to JEM’s secretary of external affairs, the regime of the
National Congress Party (NCP) in Sudan had always been scurrying to
establish ties with Israel because the party theorists believe this to
be the shortest way to normalize their long-strained relations with
the United States.
JEM’s secretary further alleged that some NCP officials had met with
Israeli delegations in a number of countries which he declined to
identify but said they include a country in southern Africa and
another one in northwest Africa as well as some countries in Greater
Syria.
He further said that his movement condemns in the strongest terms the
campaign of political, ideological and religious terror waged by the
Khartoum government against the SPLM-north and its secretary-general
on the pretext of his fabricated visit to Israel. Adam accused the NCP
of orchestrating a campaign targeting Arman despite the fact that
Arman had strongly denied he visited Israel. According to the rebels’
spokesman, the campaign reflects the political bankruptcy of the
regime in Khartoum and their fear of the upcoming revolution in the
marginalized areas.
“I remind the regime that the era of ‘taboos’ in the Sudanese politics
has gone. No one will frighten us with this old taboo any more. Israel
is a reality in international politics and relations which enjoying
the membership of the most of the regional and international
organisations including, the UN" he said.
JEM official said he would visit Israel himself if the opportunity
arises to meet refugees from Darfur.
“I can’t see any problem to visit them in Israel at any time to
exchange views with them on the future of our struggle and help
resolving their problems if I could. It is my duty to reach them out
and be in touch with them. To this end, if today, I received an
invitation from them, I will visit them in Israel to be with them.”
Adam said the regime had forced many Sudanese to flee their country
and seek refuge in Israel. “I seize this opportunity to commend and
thank the Israeli authorities for receiving them. I also call upon the
Israeli government to treat the Sudanese and the Darfuri refugees in
its soil according to Geneva Conventions 1951 on the status of the
refugee and its subsequent Protocol of 1967,”
JEM has been engaged in talks with the SPLM-N hand the two Darfur
rebels factions of Sudan Liberation Movement led by Abdul Wahid Nur
and Minnai Minawi in order to forge an alliance aiming to topple the
government in Khartoum. However, the deal is not yet sealed amid
reports that JEM opposed the inclusion of the demand for a secular
state in the alliance manifesto.
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