Sudan
22.01.03
Urgent Interventions
Sudan: incommunicado detention and corresponding risk of torture faced by Mr. Donato Dimo Wol
Case SDN 220103
Arbitrary and incommunicado detention / Risk of torture / Freedom of assembly
The International Secretariat of OMCT requests your URGENT intervention in the following situation in Sudan.
Brief description of the situation
The International Secretariat of OMCT has been informed by the Sudanese Organisation Against Torture, a member of the OMCT network, of the arbitrary and incommunicado detention and corresponding risk of torture faced by Mr. Donato Dimo Wol in Sudan.
According to the information received, at 10.00pm on 15 January 2003, members of the security forces arrested Mr Donato Dimo Wol, the President of the Southern Sudanese Student Unions of Bahr Algazal University. Mr. Donato Dimo Wol is a student at the university’s Faculty of Education.
Mr. Donato Dimo Wol was taken from his house in Alhaj Yousif, in Khartoum North. He has been taken to an unknown location. The security forces accused Mr. Donato Dimo Wol of being one of the organisers of student demonstrations that took place in October 2002.
The International Secretariat of OMCT is gravely concerned for Mr. Donato Dimo Wol’s personal integrity, given that his whereabouts are not currently known and that he runs a significant risk of being subjected to torture, notably since many other students who have been arrested recently who were involved in the October demonstrations have allegedly been subjected to torture by the Sudanese authorities. OMCT calls on the Sudanese authorities to immediately locate Mr. Donato Dimo Wol’s whereabouts, guarantee his physical and psychological integrity and order his unconditional release.
Action requested
Please write to the authorities in Sudan urging them to:
i. take all necessary measures to guarantee Mr Donato Dimo Wol’s physical and psychological integrity;
ii. immediately locate Mr Donato Dimo Wol’s whereabouts;
iii. intervene with the appropriate authorities in order to secure that Mr Donato Dimo Wol is allowed to meet with his relatives and legal representation;
iv. order Mr Donato Dimo Wol’s immediate and unconditional release;
v. guarantee the respect of human rights and the fundamental freedoms throughout Sudan in accordance with international human rights standards.
Addresses
· His Excellency Lieutenant General Omar Hassan al-Bashir, President of the Republic of Sudan, President's Palace, PO Box 281, Khartoum, Sudan. Fax: + 249 11 771651/ 787676 / 783223
· Mr. Ali Mohamed Osman Yassin, Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Ministry of Justice, Khartoum, Sudan. Fax: + + 249 11 774842 / 774906 / 788941
· Major General Abdul Rahim Muhammed Hussein, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, PO Box 873, Khartoum, Sudan. Fax: + 249 11 774339 / 773046 / 770186 / 777900 / 779383
· Mr. Yasir Sid Ahmed, Advisory Council for Human Rights, PO Box 302, Khartoum, Sudan. Fax: + 249 11 779173 / 770883
· His Excellency Ambassador Mr Ibrahim Mirghani Ibrahim, Permanent Mission of Sudan to the United Nations in Geneva, PO Box 335, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland, Fax: + 4122 7312656. E-mail: mission.sudan@ties.itu.int
Please also write to the embassies of Sudan in your respective country.
Geneva, January 22nd, 2003
Kindly inform us of any action undertaken quoting the code of this appeal in your reply.
Arbitrary and incommunicado detention / Risk of torture / Freedom of assembly
The International Secretariat of OMCT requests your URGENT intervention in the following situation in Sudan.
Brief description of the situation
The International Secretariat of OMCT has been informed by the Sudanese Organisation Against Torture, a member of the OMCT network, of the arbitrary and incommunicado detention and corresponding risk of torture faced by Mr. Donato Dimo Wol in Sudan.
According to the information received, at 10.00pm on 15 January 2003, members of the security forces arrested Mr Donato Dimo Wol, the President of the Southern Sudanese Student Unions of Bahr Algazal University. Mr. Donato Dimo Wol is a student at the university’s Faculty of Education.
Mr. Donato Dimo Wol was taken from his house in Alhaj Yousif, in Khartoum North. He has been taken to an unknown location. The security forces accused Mr. Donato Dimo Wol of being one of the organisers of student demonstrations that took place in October 2002.
The International Secretariat of OMCT is gravely concerned for Mr. Donato Dimo Wol’s personal integrity, given that his whereabouts are not currently known and that he runs a significant risk of being subjected to torture, notably since many other students who have been arrested recently who were involved in the October demonstrations have allegedly been subjected to torture by the Sudanese authorities. OMCT calls on the Sudanese authorities to immediately locate Mr. Donato Dimo Wol’s whereabouts, guarantee his physical and psychological integrity and order his unconditional release.
Action requested
Please write to the authorities in Sudan urging them to:
i. take all necessary measures to guarantee Mr Donato Dimo Wol’s physical and psychological integrity;
ii. immediately locate Mr Donato Dimo Wol’s whereabouts;
iii. intervene with the appropriate authorities in order to secure that Mr Donato Dimo Wol is allowed to meet with his relatives and legal representation;
iv. order Mr Donato Dimo Wol’s immediate and unconditional release;
v. guarantee the respect of human rights and the fundamental freedoms throughout Sudan in accordance with international human rights standards.
Addresses
· His Excellency Lieutenant General Omar Hassan al-Bashir, President of the Republic of Sudan, President's Palace, PO Box 281, Khartoum, Sudan. Fax: + 249 11 771651/ 787676 / 783223
· Mr. Ali Mohamed Osman Yassin, Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Ministry of Justice, Khartoum, Sudan. Fax: + + 249 11 774842 / 774906 / 788941
· Major General Abdul Rahim Muhammed Hussein, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, PO Box 873, Khartoum, Sudan. Fax: + 249 11 774339 / 773046 / 770186 / 777900 / 779383
· Mr. Yasir Sid Ahmed, Advisory Council for Human Rights, PO Box 302, Khartoum, Sudan. Fax: + 249 11 779173 / 770883
· His Excellency Ambassador Mr Ibrahim Mirghani Ibrahim, Permanent Mission of Sudan to the United Nations in Geneva, PO Box 335, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland, Fax: + 4122 7312656. E-mail: mission.sudan@ties.itu.int
Please also write to the embassies of Sudan in your respective country.
Geneva, January 22nd, 2003
Kindly inform us of any action undertaken quoting the code of this appeal in your reply.