Case No
Country
Mandate(s)
Summary of the allegation transmitted
28/01/11 SDN 1/2011
UA
Sudan
Human rights
defenders
Alleged arrest and detention of human rights defender. According to the information
received, on 22 December 2010, Mr Mudawi Ibrahim Adam, Chair of the Sudan Social
Development Organization (SUDO), was summoned to the court in Khartoum and
subsequently arrested and taken to the Gereif Prison. The judge was allegedly ordered to
render a new judgment after the Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) had in April 2010
appealed his acquittal on 15 March 2010. Reports received indicate that no new evidence was
presented and no judicial process took place. Reportedly, the judge sentenced Mr Mudawi to
one-year imprisonment and a fine for financial mismanagement. Mr Mudawi had previously
been charged with financial mismanagement, but was acquitted. On 5 March 2009, SUDO
reportedly received notification by the HAC that it had been closed down. Subsequently,
security forces allegedly raided SUDO headquarters in Nyala confiscating laptops, desktops
and various papers. Moreover, all bank accounts and financial assets of the organization were
frozen.
01/02/11 EGY 4/2011
JUA
Egypt
Arbitrary
detention;
Disappearances;
Food; Freedom
of expression;
Human rights
defenders;
Summary
executions;
Torture
Alleged arrests, excessive use of force, killings, attacks against journalists, and
disruptions in media coverage and access to the Internet in relation to demonstrations.
According to the information received, the following demonstrators were killed between 25
and 29 January 2011: Mutapha Ragab, aged 21, Sulaiman Saber, aged 35, Ghareeb Abdulall,
Fayez Fahim, Mohamed Ahmed Yosph, aged 23, Mahmoud Ahmed Mahmoud, aged 26, Alae
Abdelmehsen, Mustapha Abdellah, Mohamed Sha’ban Bashir, aged 30, Mutafa Jamal
Wardani, Eraddi Mohamed ‘eraddi, Ahmed Ali Mohamed, Achraf Nour Al DIn Mohamed,
aged 40, Islam Metwali Mohamed, Sharif Al Sayed Redwan, Faraj Abdelfatah Awad,
Mohamed Mahrous Anwar, Samir Abdellah, aged 55, Ali Ahmed Ali, Abdelmajeed
Abdelalim Abdelmajeed, aged 41. Reportedly, hundreds of arrests were made of peaceful
demonstrators, and some of those arrested were taken to undisclosed locations. On 26
January, access to social networking sites were reportedly blocked, and on 28 January, the
country’s four primary Internet service providers all stopped moving data in and out of the
country. Similarly, mobile phone connections were disrupted. On 30 January, the Minister of
Information reportedly ordered the suspension of the operations of Al-Jazeera in Egypt. The
following journalists were allegedly targeted by security forces while covering the
demonstrations: Mr. Asadallah al-Sawi, Mr. Ahmad Mansour, Mr. Ben Wedemen and Ms.
Mary Rogers.
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