- Target:
- Amnesty International
- Region:
- Sudan
Human rights violations, including secret detention and torture, have created a climate of fear in Sudan.
Human rights defenders, political dissidents, students and members of ethnic minorities continue to be arbitrarily arrested and detained. Chief among the agents of government repression is the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS), whose members have immunity from prosecution for all crimes committed in the course of their work.
This report illustrates the human rights violations committed by the NISS in Sudan, and the extensive powers and immunities the NISS continues to enjoy under the 2010 National Security Act.
•Urging the authorities to disclose the names and whereabouts of all those detained, including Jaafar Alsabki Ibrahim, Abdelrahman, Mohammed Al Gasim, Dirar Adam Dirar, Abdelrahman Adam Abdelrahman, Manal Mohammed Adam, Aziza Ali Idriss, Aisha Sardo Sherif, Abu Gasim Al Din and Zakaria Yacoub;
•Calling on the authorities to release all those detained or charge them with recognizable criminal offences;
•Urging the authorities to allow all the detainees access to legal representation as well as family visits and any medical attention they require;
•Calling on the Sudanese government to immediately stop the harassment and intimidation of human rights activists and journalists in Sudan;
•Calling on the 2010 National Security Act to be reformed to remove the excessive powers of the NISS, including the powers of arrest and detention without judicial oversight.
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The Help Free Journalists Held in Sudan petition to Amnesty International was written by Thomas and is in the category Human Rights at GoPetition.