Sudan
03.04.01
Urgent Interventions
Sudan: Human Rights Defender Released
SDN 001/0301/OBS 020.1
Illegal detention / Release
Sudan
2nd April 2001
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the FIDH and the OMCT, has received new information regarding the following situation in Sudan.
New Information:
The Observatory has been informed by the Sudanese Victims of Torture Group (SVTG) and the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT) that Dr. Nageeb Nagm Eldin El Toum was released on Thursday 29 March 2001 from Kober prison in Sudan.
According to the SVTG, Dr Nageeb has confirmed that “he had not been ill treated or tortured, and wishes to express his thanks to those who campaigned for his release.” Dr Nageeb is a member of SVTG network in Sudan, the Director of the Amal Centre for Rehabilitation of Victims of Physical and Mental Trauma, and the former Secretary General of the banned Sudanese Doctors Unions. The Amal Centre was established in November 2000 and provides free medical treatment and counselling services to victims of torture and physical violence.
The Observatory wishes to thank all those institutions, organisations and individuals who intervened on his behalf.
Reminder of the situation:
Dr Nageeb was arrested on Sunday 11 March 2001 at 12.30 pm at the Amal centre in Khartoum North, and was then taken to his house, which the security forces then searched. The security forces confiscated the centre's computers, all the files of the patients at the centre and some other documents. His mobile phone was also confiscated from his house. The security forces also arrested two other members of staff of the Amal Centre, Mr Fatih Mohamed Ahmed, the administrator, and Ms Zienab Omer, the secretary. Mr Ahmed and Ms Omer were released on Sunday night after a lengthy interrogation.
Dr Nageeb was held at the security forces offices in Khartoum, 2 Mohamed Nageeb street, before being transferred to Kober prison. Dr Nageeb was due to meet the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Sudan, Mr Gerhard Baum, on Tuesday March 13th. The security forces accused him of preparing lists of victims of torture for the Special Rapporteur. Dr Nageeb has been arrested 7 times since 1989 and has spent over four years in prison.
Geneva-Paris, April 2, 2001
The Observatory, a FIDH and OMCT venture, is dedicated to the protection of Human Rights Defenders and aims to offer them concrete support in their time of need.
The Observatory was the winner of the 1998 Human Rights Prize of the French Republic.
To contact the Observatory, call the emergency line: Fax: + 033 (0) 1 55 80 83 92
Tel: FIDH 33 (0) 1 43 55 20 11 OMCT +41 22 809 49 39, E-mail: observatoire@iprolink.ch
Illegal detention / Release
Sudan
2nd April 2001
The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, a joint programme of the FIDH and the OMCT, has received new information regarding the following situation in Sudan.
New Information:
The Observatory has been informed by the Sudanese Victims of Torture Group (SVTG) and the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims (IRCT) that Dr. Nageeb Nagm Eldin El Toum was released on Thursday 29 March 2001 from Kober prison in Sudan.
According to the SVTG, Dr Nageeb has confirmed that “he had not been ill treated or tortured, and wishes to express his thanks to those who campaigned for his release.” Dr Nageeb is a member of SVTG network in Sudan, the Director of the Amal Centre for Rehabilitation of Victims of Physical and Mental Trauma, and the former Secretary General of the banned Sudanese Doctors Unions. The Amal Centre was established in November 2000 and provides free medical treatment and counselling services to victims of torture and physical violence.
The Observatory wishes to thank all those institutions, organisations and individuals who intervened on his behalf.
Reminder of the situation:
Dr Nageeb was arrested on Sunday 11 March 2001 at 12.30 pm at the Amal centre in Khartoum North, and was then taken to his house, which the security forces then searched. The security forces confiscated the centre's computers, all the files of the patients at the centre and some other documents. His mobile phone was also confiscated from his house. The security forces also arrested two other members of staff of the Amal Centre, Mr Fatih Mohamed Ahmed, the administrator, and Ms Zienab Omer, the secretary. Mr Ahmed and Ms Omer were released on Sunday night after a lengthy interrogation.
Dr Nageeb was held at the security forces offices in Khartoum, 2 Mohamed Nageeb street, before being transferred to Kober prison. Dr Nageeb was due to meet the United Nations Special Rapporteur on Sudan, Mr Gerhard Baum, on Tuesday March 13th. The security forces accused him of preparing lists of victims of torture for the Special Rapporteur. Dr Nageeb has been arrested 7 times since 1989 and has spent over four years in prison.
Geneva-Paris, April 2, 2001
The Observatory, a FIDH and OMCT venture, is dedicated to the protection of Human Rights Defenders and aims to offer them concrete support in their time of need.
The Observatory was the winner of the 1998 Human Rights Prize of the French Republic.
To contact the Observatory, call the emergency line: Fax: + 033 (0) 1 55 80 83 92
Tel: FIDH 33 (0) 1 43 55 20 11 OMCT +41 22 809 49 39, E-mail: observatoire@iprolink.ch