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• No instances of secret or incommunicado detention reported
• Up-to-date lists of detainees available
Arbitrary arrests and detention continued during the
reporting period. Based on UNAMID reports, the
NISS and Military Intelligence continue to
arbitrarily arrest and detain individuals, mostly on
suspicion of collaborating or being involved with
rebel groups. Detainees were very often held
without being informed of the reason for their arrest
and sometimes detained without charges for
prolonged periods and not brought before a judicial
authority. From January to April 2010, UNAMID
documented a total of 36 incidents of harassments
by National Security personnel involving 90 victims
in Darfur.
No implementation at all, which
has direct bearing on concretely
improving the human rights
situation on the ground.
Response of the Government of Sudan
Government states that UNAMID Human Rights
Section has been regularly visiting places of
detention in Darfur and that the Independent
Expert was also given access to visit places of
detention during his visit to Sudan in
January/February 2010
1.4.3 Issue and enforce clear instructions that detainees must be provided all guarantees
provided for under international law to ensure they are being lawfully detained and have
access to fair trial. This includes notification of reasons for arrest upon arrest, immediate
access to a lawyer upon arrest, access to family members, and being presently promptly
before a judicial authority.
Short-term
• Instructions issued and widely disseminated
• Number of incidents of denial of such guarantees
No instructions were issued or widely disseminated.
As reported above, arbitrary arrests and detentions
of civilians continued during the reporting period.
Based on UNAMID reports, the NISS and Military
Intelligence continue to arbitrarily arrest and detain
individuals mostly on suspicion of collaborating or
being involved with rebel groups. Detainees were
very often held without being informed of the reason
for their arrest and sometimes detained without
charges for prolonged periods and not brought
before a judicial authority. From January to April
2010, UNAMID documented a total of 36 incidents
of harassments by National Security personnel
involving 90 victims in Darfur.
Response of the Government of Sudan
The Government states that the detainees from
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No implementation at all, which
has direct bearing on concretely
improving the human rights
situation on the ground.
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