HUDO Centre
12th December 2017
Update (6) COURT TRIAL OF AL-SANADRA CASE
The court session was held on Wednesday 6th December 2017 at 11:40 AM before
Justice/ Abdeen Hamid Dhahi at Khartoum North court. All parties attended
except the prosecutors, though one of them joined later. The session’s main
activities were the investigator’s final submission and the cross examination
by the lawyers. At the end, the judge announced that the next court session
will be on 13th December 2017. Summary of the court session The Court session
started at 11:40 AM (Sudan local time) before judge/ Abdeen Hamid Dhahi. In
attendance were the investigator, the defendants, the lawyers’ panels, the
general public and the prosecutor who came late (One and half hours after the
session had begun). The Investigator’s Submission In his submission, the
investigator/ Mohamed Elamein presented/submitted a medical report approving
that, the first defendant/ Hassan Ramadan is 15 years old (under age). The
investigator informed court that, the exhibit of four guns /weapons which were
handled by the military in Abbasiya after requesting letter from the
investigator, belong to the following defendants; Al-sadiq Mohammed Rahma,
Alhadi Abdelrahman Ibrahim, Alzaki Saleh Alzaki and Abakar Fadelmowla Suliman.
The investigator informed court that, the case against the escapees; Osman
Ebaid Khamees, Musa Mohammed Daoud, Hassan Abduelfadeel and Babikir Nematalla
Babikir was separated from the current case (charge sheet). This was because of
their disappearance. According to the investigation and testimonies of
witnesses, the investigator recommended to court to charge the defendants under
the following articles in Sudan criminal penal 1991: HUDO Centre
· Article (20): Penalty of
attempt to commit an offense
· Article (21): Join acts
in execution of criminal conspiracy.
· Article (130): Murder.
· Article (139): Penalty
for causing intentional wounds.
· Article (175): Robbery.
The cross examination The investigator was cross-examined by the accusation
panel represented by lawyer/ Baroud Sandal, the first defendant was represented
by lawyer/ Abu-Algasim Mohammed, the sixth and seventh defendants were
represented by lawyer/ Yousif and the rest of the defendants were represented
by the military’s legal consultant/ Amein. The conclusion was as follows:
§ The PDF commandant in
Al-Abbasiya is Captain/ Ali Babikir and the PDF coordinator is Mohammed Saeed.
§ The defendants committed
the offence on their own without official order
§ According to the
witnesses, the defendants were more than thirty people with more than twenty
motorbikes and armed with AK-47 guns. But they denied having any motorbikes.
§ The killed people were
eight (8) in number and the injured were thirteen (13) people. All the injuries
and deaths were caused by gun shots.
§ All the defendants are
from the tribes of Meserya and Falata/ Fulani
§ No one among the
attackers/ defendants was injured during the incident.
§ The defendant Osman was
identified by one of the injured people (Ismail Adam Awad) as the one who shot
him.
§ Witnesses recognized some
of the defendants in person.
§ The first defendant
(juvenile) is not a member in PDF Notes:
· The victims’ family
members attended court in large numbers.
· The victims’ lawyers
questioned the motive of the military in presenting only four (4) guns to court
as exhibits while the armed defendants were many. Also, the HUDO Centre
military’s intention of submitting the four guns (exhibit) on 30th Jan- 2017,
one month after receiving the investigator letter on 29th Dec. 2016.
· The lawyers of both sides
with the court rescheduled to have weekly court sessions on every Wednesday in
which the coming session on 13th December 2017. Recommendations/ Appeals HUDO
urges all the concerned, especially:
§ The Sudan court to
conduct the trial fairly
§ The activists and
defendants’ supporters to keep on attending court sessions
§ The diplomatic missions
and embassies to observe the court sessions
§ The Sudan and
international media to give full coverage for the court
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