On September 23, 2020, 31 activists were arrested by the Military Intelligence in Abu Jubeiha, South Kordofan. The activists were detained for organising a public session in support of the agreement signed between the Sudanese Prime Minister Abdalla Hamdok and the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement – North faction under the leadership of Abdelaziz El Hilu (SPLM-N El Hilu).
The Joint Agreement was signed in Addis Ababa on September 3, 2020, and notably called for a separation of religion and state.
Further public sessions have been planned for today with the expectation that more arrests will take place. These arrests are continuing evidence of the deteriorating human rights situation across Sudan.
Individuals arrested have been identified as:
- Mohamed Al-Hadi;
- Abdelqadir Al-Amin;
- Al-Amin Minqar;
- Huzaifa Mohamed;
- Riyadh Abdeljalil Mohamed;
- Alaa Al-Din Sabri;
- Osman Suleiman Idris;
- Omar Suleiman Idris;
- Hasana Boutros Koko;
- Hassan Al-Khair Abdelrahman;
- Siyab Adam Mahmoud;
- Adnan Adel;
- Hamed Hammad Shanib;
- Abdelghafur Ramadan;
- Al-Hussein Fadlallah Ibrahim;
- Mohamed Al-Mustafa Yousif;
- Osman Kumi;
- Al-Sheikh Mohamedin;
- Amna Mohamed Daoud;
- Khadija Ismail Kajo;
- Jamoud Mohamed Burkan;
- Osman Mohamed Al-Hadi;
- Yousif Mohamed Al-Hadi;
- Montasir Omar Isa;
- Salah Adam;
- Ibrahim Mohamed Jafar;
- Ahmed Hassan Abdullah;
- Ismail Abubakr;
- Abdulhamid Mukhtar Abdullah;
- Aisha Al-Sadiq Naway;
- Mohamed Sharnoubi.
