Date Type 13/05/2016 JUA Case No Country Mandate(s) SDN 5/2016 Sudan Arbitrary detention; Freedom of expression; Freedom of peaceful assembly and of association; Sudan; Summary of the allegation transmitted Reply Alleged arbitrary detention and killing of several students protesting against the sale of university buildings in Sudan. According to the information received, from 11 to 14 April 2016, a wave of student demonstrations, beginning with protests at the University of Khartoum, started over rumours that the main campus would be moved following the sale of campus land to investors. On 19 April, the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) reportedly killed Mr. Abubakar Hassan by a gunshot wound to the head. In the following days, as students demonstrated at universities across the country, five student activists were arrested by NISS agents: Mr. Ahmed Al-Mujtaba, Mr. Ahmed Zuhair Dawd, Mr. Ibrahim Yahya Omer, Mr. Mohamed Adam Shahtallah and Mr. Bader Al Deen Salah Mohamed. On 23 April, while students staged a new protest, 19 of the protestors were arrested by NISS agents. All those arrested were released without charge except for six of them: Mr. Mohamed Farouk, Mr. Murtada Eltuhami, Mr. Ibrahim Abu Samara, Mr. Hassan Mahmoud, Mr. Nazim Abdelrahim and Mr. Ammar Hassan. Those released reported that they were subjected to torture and ill-treatment during their detention. On 27 April, Mr. Mohamed al-Sadiq Wayo was killed by an NISS agent as he was trying to cross the street to flee attacks carried out by NISS officers. On 5 May, NISS agents reportedly raided the office of Mr. Nabil Adib, a human rights lawyer, and arrested eight more students in relation to the protests: Mr. Bader Aldeen Salah Mohamed, Mrs. Wifag Mohamed Altayeeb Gorashi, Mr. Hussein Yahia Haran, Mr. Mudathir Tayseer Mudathir, Mr. Hamid Omer Hamid Digno, Mrs. Mai Adil Ibrahim Karar, Mr. Mohamed Mahjoub Otaiba, and Mr. Hassan Aldai Mohamed Abdalla. A/HRC/33/32 83