Sudan: Twenty-six IDP's killed, six wounded

Case SDN 300306 – Case SDN 300306.CC

Extrajudicial killings / Injuries

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 Sudan Organisation Against Torture (SOAT), a member of the OMCT network, that on 15 March 2006, armed forces with land cruisers and armed militias on horses and camels, allegedly the Janjaweed militias, numbering more than 900, attacked and looted Tibon IDP camp in Jebel Marra, West Darfur. The militias also attacked three other villages on the same day, Daya, Turra and Kindo in Jebel Marra. During the attack, approximately 26 internally displaced persons (IDPs) were killed and 6 were wounded. The injured IDPs have not been able to receive medical treatment. There are currently no medical clinics in Jebel Marra due to the departure of humanitarian organizations in February 2006 on account of the deterioration in the security situation in the area.

The details of the persons killed and wounded are as follows:
Killed
1. Mrs. Fatima Ishag Musa, (65 yrs)
2. Mrs. Haja Mohamed Haroun, (27 yrs)
3. Mrs. Faiza Mohamed (17 yrs), Student
4. Mrs. Halima Adam Musa, (16 yrs), Student
5. Mrs. Zahra Soulieman, (18 yrs)
6. Mr. Adam Kandouly, (55 yrs), Farmer
7. Mr. Moudasir, (25 yrs)
8. Mr. Alfaki Sambo, (80 yrs)
9. Mr. Mohamed Adam Haroun, (40 yrs)
10. Mr. Mukhtar Adam Mouhajir, (37 yrs), Teacher
11. Mr. Omer Adam Osman, (35 yrs), Farmer
12. Mr. Badour Haroun Sarsar, (18 yrs), Student
13. Mr. Mohamed Abdel Majeed, (25 yrs), Teacher
14. Mr. Mubarak Mohamed Baldo, (21 yrs), Student
15. Mr. Adam Musa Basi, (65 yrs), Farmer
16. Mr. Omer Abdel Hamid, (50 yrs)
17. Mr. Alshaikh Bahr Aldean, (50 yrs), Farmer
18. Mr. Zarouk, (55 yrs)
19. Mr. Salah Aldean, (25 yrs), Student
20. Mr. Mohamed Issa Ahmed, 75
21. Mr. Hasabo Ahmed Issa, (18 yrs), Student
22. Mr. Ahmed Issa, (50 yrs), Farmer
23. Mr. Ahmed Ibrahim Abu Albasher, (50 yrs), Paramedic
24. Mr. Ishag Haroun, (50 yrs), Farmer
25. Mr. Ali Hasabella, (35 yrs), Farmer
26. Mr. Hassan, (16 yrs), Student

Injured
1. Mrs. Fatima Musa Izel Dean, (27 yrs)
2. Mr. Altayib Soulieman, (18 yrs), Student
3. Mr. Abdel Monim, (19 yrs), Student
4. Mr. Adam Mohamed Dimis, (21 yrs), Student
5. Mr. Ibrahim Ali Mohamed, (40 yrs), Farmer
6. Mr. Soulieman Hussain Ishag, (50 yrs), Farmer

The International Secretariat of OMCT strongly condemns the continuing attacks and terrorisation on the already vulnerable IDP population in Darfur. OMCT stresses that the continuing attacks on the civilian population by government forces and armed militias committed with impunity is in clear violation of the ceasefire agreement, UNSC resolutions, all subsequent Abuja Agreements and international Conventions protecting non-combatants.

Requested Action

Please write to the authorities in Sudan urging them to:
i. Ensure the physical and psychological integrity of the injured persons and guarantee that they are provided with adequate medical care;
ii. Order a thorough and impartial investigation into these events, in order to identify all those responsible, bring them to trial and apply the penal and/or administrative sanctions as provided by law;
iii. Guarantee that adequate compensation is awarded to the relatives of those who were killed;
iv. Guarantee the respect of human rights and the fundamental freedoms throughout the country in accordance with national laws and international humanitarian law and human rights standards.

Addresses

• Advisory Council for Human Rights, Dr Abdelmuneim Osman Mohamed Taha, PO Box 302, Khartoum, Sudan, Fax: +249 11 779173/770883
  
  
• Minister of Internal Affairs, Major General Abdul-Rahim Muhammed Hussein, Ministry of Interior, PO Box 281, Khartoum, Sudan, Fax: +249 11 774339/776554/777900/773046/770186
  
  
• Minister of Federal Government, Dr Nafie Ali Nafie, Office of the Presidents People’s Palace, PO Box 281, Khartoum, Sudan, Fax : +24911 771651/783223
  
  
• His Excellency Ambassador Mr. Mohamed Al-Hassan Ahmed Al-Haj, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Sudan to the United Nations in Geneva, PO Box 335, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland, Fax: +4122 731 26 56, E-mail: mission.sudan@ties.itu.int; mission.sudan@bluewin.ch.
  
  
• Dr Yasir Sid Ahmed, Head of the Advisory Council for Human Rights PO Box 302, Khartoum, Sudan, Fax: +249 183 770 883
  
  
• Dr. Abdelmuneim Osman Mohamed Taha, Rapporteur, Advisory Council for Human Rights, PO Box 302, Khartoum (Sudan), Fax No.: + 249 183 77 08 83
  
  
• Prof. Ali Mohamed Ali Shommou, The National Press and Publications Council, P O Box 11111, Osman Digna St. , Khartoum East Sudan, Fax: + 249 183 77 19 25
  
  
• H.E. Ambassador Mr. Mohamed Elhassan Ahmed Elhaj, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Sudan to the United Nations in Geneva, Avenue Blanc 47, 1202 Geneva, PO Box 335, 1211 Geneva 19, Switzerland, Fax: +41 22 731 26 56, Email: mission.sudan@bluewin.ch; mission.sudan@ties.itu.int.

Please also write to the embassies of Sudan in your respective country.
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Geneva, 30 March 2006
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