HUDO Centre 19th July 2018 Update (23) COURT TRIAL OF
AL-SANADRA CASE
Two court sessions were held on 26th June and 3rd July 2018 at Khartoum North
court before Justice/ Murshid Ahmed Elamein. The prosecutor was not present in
court but all the other parties attended. Court was adjourned to 24th July and
2nd August 2018. Summary of the court sessions Six (6) defending witnesses
submitted their testimonies and they were questioned by the judge and lawyers’
panels. The names of the defending witnesses are;
25th defending witness: Ahmed Musa Hamad, 42 years, farmer/ PDF member and
resident of Al[1]Abbasiya town.
26th defending witness: Elgailey Elsir Ahmed Omer, 36 years, SAF officer, and
resident of Rabak town. He was working at Al-Abbasiya military during
Al-Sanadra incident time.
27th defending witness: Abdalla Omer Musa, 27 years, farmer and resident of
Almasan village.
28th defending witness: Ismail Abdelgadir Salah, 26 years, herdsman, resident
of Almasan village and he is a brother of the 9 th defendant/ Ahmed Abduelgadir
Salah.
29th defending witness: Mrs. Zainab Almanzoul Ahmed, 26 years, housewife,
resident of Almasan village and she is the wife of the 9 th defendant/ Ahmed
Abdelgadir Salah.
30th defending witness: Ahmed Nasreldin Daoud, 25 years, trader, and resident
of Al-Abbasiya town. The summary of testimonies from witnesses;
· The witnesses informed
court that, on 2nd September 2016 the morning of the attack (Al-Sanadra
incident), they were together with the defendants (given below) in Al-Abbasiya
or their villages.
o Three testified in favour of Ahmed Abdelgadir Salah Mohammed (the 9 th
defendant) o One testified in favour of; 4th defendant/ Ahmed Al-Tayeb, the
10th defendant/ Alzaki Saleh, 11th defendant/ Hamid Almanzol, 12th defendant/
Abakar Fadelmowla and 14th defendant/ Mohammed Nasreldin Daoud.
HUDO Centre
· None of the witnesses
above was interrogated or delivered his/ her testimony to the investigator.
They were recently requested by the defendants’ relatives to appear in court at
this stage of the case.
· The 26th defending
witness/ SAF officer declared that:
o Some of the injured and dead people were members in SPLA-N
o The dead bodies were buried after three days because their relatives and some
politicians rejected the burial unless the perpetrators were arrested. Both
panels had closed their files and the judge announced two court sessions for
their last submissions.
The accusing panel was scheduled to submit on 24th July 2018 and the defending
panel on 2nd August 2018.
Observation Note:
· The judge was replaced
suddenly with a new one who had adjudicated the last two sessions.
· The prosecutor was respectively
absent in ten (10) court sessions.
Recommendations/ Appeals HUDO urges all the concerned, especially:
v The Sudan court to
conduct the trial fairly
v The activists, defenders
and supporters to keep on attending court sessions
v The diplomatic missions
and embassies to observe the court sessions
v The Sudan and
international media to give full coverage for the court
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