Perceived SPLM-North supporters arrested throughout the Sudan
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The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies
Perceived SPLM-Northern Sector Supporters Arrested throughout Northern Sudan
Contact: Osman Hummaida, Executive Director
Phone: +44 7956 095738
E-mail: [email protected]
(6 September 2011) — The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies
has documented hundreds of incidents of arbitrary arrest on the basis
of perceived political affiliation and membership to particular ethnic
groups since conflict reignited in Northern Sudan’s contested South
Kordofan state in early June. Similar incidents have occurred in
Sudan’s capital, Khartoum, although on a smaller scale when members of
the Nuba ethnic group and Sudan Peoples’ Liberation Movement –
Northern Sector (SPLM-N) supporters were arrested in June.
Despite a late August ceasefire declared by President Omar al-Bashir
in South Kordofan, arrests on the basis of political affiliation have
not abated. As the African Centre has already reported, 12 individuals
were arrested on 2 September in El-Moreib El-Suq under the orders of
the Local Commissioner, Police and National Intelligence and Security
Services (NISS) (see Arbitrary Arrests in South Kordofan Continue).
Meanwhile a further 200 people are estimated to have been arrested
since 28 August in South Kordofan, when the National Congress Party
(NCP)’s Military Commander, Ahmed Adam Mohamed Adam, head of Military
Unit no. 53, deployed joint forces comprised of members of the
Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), police, and NISS in Abugebiha area, South
Kordofan, to arrest members of the SPLM-N. The detainees were
reportedly divided into two groups and then held at an oil factory
owned by Haj Ahmed Alfadul and an ice factory owned by Abdulrazig
Alhaj. Commander Adam gave his forces orders to execute the detainees
in the event that the SPLM attacked the area, perhaps to make it
appear as if the detainees were civilian casualties of the SPLM.
The identities of those known to be in detention currently are:
1. Kaltoum Musa Aldai, female 2. Khadiga Ismail Kojo, female 3.
Abdulbagi Hamad Adam, male 4. Alsarih Brima Mohamed, male 5. Nato
Musa, male 6. Abdalla Osman Kosmie, male 7. Mohamed Salim Mohamed,
male 8. Amna Alnour, female 9. Alawia Dawalbait, female 10. Aisha
Alsafi Nwai, female 11. Meryan Khalifa, female 12. Radi Ali Alfadul,
male 13. Fadlal Almwla Musa, male 14. Gesma Alteyeb Alnour, female 15.
Arafa Ibrahim Alwali, female 16. Tajouj Bab Alla, female 17. Alhadi
Abdraham, male 18. Alhaja Agrab, female 19. Majda Fadulalla, female
20. Alshikh Abdlkreem, male 21. Um Slama Mohamed, female 22. Kaltoum
Jrban, female 23. Maria Ahmed Aljak, female 24. Rizig Hmada, male 25.
Shakir Makki, male 26. Hawa Shaa Aldeen, female 27. Kaka Abdalla,
female 28. Alumda Ahmed, male 29. Abdalla Shool, male 30. Haja Bento,
female 31. Agsaam Ibrahim, female 32. Ekhlas Musa Alwan, female 33.
Awatif Alamin Kafie, female 34. Kuka Alamin, female 35. Mahmoud
Alsikh, male, 36. Wageela (accountant), male 37. Mukhtar Alzubir, male
38. Ibrahim Alnour Hassan, male 39. Magda Fadulalla, female 40.
Abashar Adam Dabuk, male 41. Mohamed Ismail Kajo, male 42. Musa Altoum
Abaker, male 43. Abduaziz Jabir Alawal, male 44. Adam Jumma, male 45.
Osama Abdalla Alniel, male 46. Omar Abdalla Eissa, male 47. Tety
Ahmed, female 48. Hassan Jumma, male 49. Amir Salih Ali, male 50. Ali
Eissa, male 51. Altegani Yousef, male 52. Alshikh, male 53. Ibrahim
Ismail Hussein, male 54. Um Alhussein Fadlalla, female 55. Fatima Adam
Ali, female 56. Adam Daieen Sbah Alkhair, male 57. Omar Abdallah
Eissa, male 58. Hassan Eissa, male 59. Musa Altoum, male
A short-lived framework agreement on South Kordofan and Blue Nile
signed on 28 June in Addis Ababa between the SPLM-N and the National
Congress Party (NCP) affirmed the right of the SPLM-N to exist in the
North. However, the NCP quickly rejected the agreement and on 3
September, the NCP officially declared the SPLM-N to be illegal,
freezing their assets, closing their offices and arresting members
present. The NCP then embarked on a broad campaign of arrests against
perceived SPLM-N supporters.
The African Centre documented the following consequences of this
decision on 3 September:
Khartoum: the NISS stopped SPLM-N members as they were leaving the
party’s headquarters in Arkaweet area. They were told that they were
no longer allowed to work in Northern Sudan, and ordered not to return
to the office. NISS officers remained outside the headquarters. The
office of SPLM-N chairman Yasir Arman was also closed.
El Fashir, North Darfur: the NISS entered SPLM-N headquarters,
arresting three SPLM-N members and freezing their assets. Those
arrested are: o Abdulshahour Ishag, member of the SPLM-N cabinet; o
Albdmajed Ahmed Fadul, member of the SPLM-N cabinet; and o Azideen
Mohamdeen Knajok, Youth Secretary.
Kosti, White Nile State: the military in White Nile State arrested a
number of SPLM-N members. Those arrested are:
o Abdallah Saeed Daud: the SPLM-N chairperson of Kocity locality, he
was arrested from his home at 12 PM; o Abdalwahab, arrested from the
SPLM-N’s offices at 8 PM; o Alfatih, arrested from the SPLM-N’s
offices at 8 PM; o Neemat Adam Jmaa, arrested from the SPLM-N’s office
at 8 PM. She was released at 11 PM on 4 September, and ordered to
report back to the NISS’ office on 5 September. Ms. Jmaa was an SPLM-N
candidate in the April 2010 General Elections. o Haidar Hassan
Abuzater, a SPLM-N candidate in the April 2010 General Elections; o
Jafarr, arrested near the SPLM-N office in Kosti; and o Alamin, a
SPLM-N member and prominent businessman.
All of the detainees were referred to NISS offices in Kosti town.
· Rabak, White Nile: Alwada Isikh Aldaw and Michael Gai were arrested.
· Kenana, White Nile State: NISS agents arrested Yair El-Fait, Siddig
Adam Ahmed, and El-Tayeb Waj (a Southerner).
Al Doueim, White Nile State: Malik Alshikh Malik, a lawyer, was
arrested by National Security. As of 4 September, Mr. Malik remained
in NISS custody.
El Damazin, Blue Nile State: On 3 September, the NCP in El Damazin
arrested roughly 100 SPLM-N members. 20 were reported to have been
subjected to extrajudicial killings. Other SPLM-N members turned
themselves into the NCP to avoid potential attacks on areas perceived
to have large numbers of SPLM-N supporters. Some of those known to be
arrested are: o Eissa Zaid, head of the land commission. Mr. Zaid was
arrested at 3 PM. o Mohamed Abdlhafi, senior staff of the Youth
Ministry.
The NISS also arrested the following members of the SPLM-N at 2 PM:
o Aldo Salih o Aldo Abbas o Adam Alfeel o Abdelkeem Ibrahim o Aldaw Dafalla
Port Sudan: The NISS in Port Sudan froze the assets of the SPLM-N. On
the morning of 4 September, they returned to the office and met with
SPLM-N member Abdelatif Mohamed Adroub, who was forced to hand over
all of the SPLM-N office cars to the NISS.
El Geneina, West Darfur: On 3 September, the NISS in West Darfur
arrested the following individuals:
o Salwa Adam Benia o Saad Sandal o Sharib Yousef Zakaria o Daoud Fadul
o Smraa Suliman
· Northern State: The following members of the SPLM-N were arrested on
3 September. They are:
o Mohamed Mahmoud o Hashim Musa o Mergant Teiah o Gesim Ibrahim o
Makeer Aloung o Shams Aldeen · El Gedarif, Eastern Sudan: the NISS
arrested Mohamed Saad Abogbala · El Gezira State: the NISS arrested
Tariq Mehice and Mohamed Abaker. · El Obeid, North Kordofan: the NISS
arrested SPLM-N members Adam Ahmed and Muhand Rahma.
The latest round of arrests of SPLM-N members comes amidst escalating
conflict in North Sudan. The decision to withdraw recognition from the
SPLM-N violates the Addis Framework Agreement, which explicitly
recognized the legitimacy of SPLM-N. The NCP quickly expressed
reservations on the agreement (likely the result of an internal rift
within the party), declaring that the SPLM-N would not be a legitimate
party in the North following secession of the South, and would have to
re-register. Though it is unclear if the SPLM-N attempted to register
post-secession, statements from senior NCP officials indicate that
they believe the SPLM-N’s core constituencies to be 95% “foreigners”,
i.e. Southerners. Under the Political Parties Law, registration can
only be attained if parties agree to disband militias. While this
provision is fairly uncontroversial, the SPLM-N is only required to
disband their troops six months after the completion of the
CPA-prescribed popular consultations (which are stalled in Blue Nile
and have yet to begin in South Kordofan).
The African Centre calls for the Government of Sudan to release
detainees, or charge them with an internationally recognised offence.
In the context of information received about the treatment of SPLM-N
detainees and house to house searches that took place in South
Kordofan, the African Centre is seriously concerned that detainees may
be subjected to torture, incommunicado detention, and extrajudicial
killings, as has already reportedly been the case in El Damazein, Blue
Nile. The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies believes that
those subjected to arrest were targeted solely on the basis of their
real or perceived membership of a political party. The government of
Sudan may contend that the party is no longer legal, but this is no
justification for arresting people based on suspected past
participation. Freedom of assembly and association are guaranteed
under Article 40 of the Interim National Constitution. Further, the
right to political participation and to participation in a political
party is also enshrined in Article 25 of the Universal Declaration of
Human Rights and the International Covenant on Civil and Political
Rights, instruments to which Sudan is a party.
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