Darfur: Fear for safety

Sudan: Fear for safety
- Ali Haroun (m)
- Faisal Abdullah al-Tahir (m)
- Mohiedin Sharaf (m)
- Tya Kuku Rahal (m)
- Ibrahim Suleiman (m)
- Abdullah Amir al-Mu’minin (m) legal adviser, and at least eleven others

The first five people named above and eight of the others have been detained for five weeks, reportedly in Dirbat, by the Sudan Liberation Army/Abdel Wahed (SLA/A-W), an armed opposition group in Darfur. They are apparently being detained on the orders of Abdel Wahed Mohammed Nur, the leader of the SLA/A-W. Their exact location is not known and Amnesty International fears that they are at risk of being tortured or ill-treated or unlawfully killed.

Some of the men come from Ain Siro, an area 30 kilometres north-west of Kutum in North Darfur, which is under the control of the SLA/A-W. Amnesty International understands that Ali Haroun and the others from Ain Siro supported the unity of the different factions of the Sudan Liberation Army (SLA), which has splintered into several factions, as well as engaging in political dialogue to end the conflict in Darfur. They were reportedly summoned to the headquarters of the SLA/A-W in Dirbat, where they were disarmed and detained in December. Sources suggest that one of the group, Tya Kuku Rahal, may have been unlawfully killed during his detention.

Abdallah Amir al-Mu’minin, the SLA legal adviser, and three others, are said to have been abducted in Dirbat by SLA/A-W commanders and taken to an unknown place of detention. Read more >>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>>