No. H.K/UA/15/020
28th December 2020
URGENT APPEAL ARREST OF CIVILIANS BY MI IN TALODI, SUDAN
On 18 th December 2020, SAF/MI in Talodi arrested Mr. Taj-Elsir Abdalla
Mesaibeil and Mr. Hussein Ibrahim Abu-Jarra. The reason for their arrest was
not given/ unknown. They have been kept incommunicado and detained in poor
conditions since then, this raised fear that they could be under torture. On 17
th December 2020, Mr. Taj-Elsir Abdalla Mesaibeil and Mr. Hussein Ibrahim
Abu-Jarra arrived in Talodi town from Mandi village accompanying their blind
and sick uncle Mr. Elbasheir Meseibeil Adam. They came to Talodi town in order
to send their sick Uncle to Khartoum for treatment. They were hosted at the
house of Mr. Eltayeb Musa Eltayeb in Talodi. On 18 th December 2020, four (4)
armed Sudan Armed Force (SAF) soldiers arrested both Taj-Elsir and Hussein from
Mr. Eltayeb’s house and took them to SAF’s military base and detained them
under poor conditions. They are only served one meal per day and are not
allowed to access their lawyers or relatives to visit them. This raised the
fear that they could be undergoing torture. It’s presumed that the reason for
their arrest is because they were coming from the area controlled by Sudan
People Liberation Army – North (SPLA-N) to the governmental territory. HUDO is
very concerned about the situation of civilians in conflict areas. HUDO calls
upon:
· The military authority in
Talodi to immediately release or to transfer them to the courts of law if there
is a case against them.
· Sudan government to hold
to account SAF commandant in Talodi for this arrest.
· Sudan government to end
the state of emergency in conflict areas which enables MI to arrest civilians
at will.
· Sudan government to
respect the constitutional rights of citizens
· Sudan government to
respect its international obligations. HUDO Centre More information The
detainees Mr. Taj-Elsir Abdalla Mesaibeil is 28 years old and health worker/
advisor in Mandi health centre and Mr. Hussein Ibrahim Abu-Jarra is 24 years
old and trader (self-employed) at Mandi market. Talodi is the capital town of
Talodi Locality in Nuba Mountains/ South Kordufan State and it’s under the
Sudan government control. Mandi is a village in Talodi locality and it’s about
25 km Northeast of Talodi town and it’s under SPLA-N controlled territory.
After the ouster of former president (Bashir) in 2019, open markets (social
markets) started operating in different areas in Nuba Mountains (like in
Talodi) for the people in two controlled areas (government and SPLA-N) which
enabled relatives to meet after years of separation. Traders also exchange
goods and people mixed freely from either sides. But recently, the new Military
Intelligence (MI) commandant for SAF in Talodi by names of Major/ Ibrahim
Abduelhafeez has been arresting civilians who come from SPLA-N controlled
areas. SAF also confiscates the goods/valuables of the arrested civilians. This
led to the closure of the open markets in Talodi and the separation of people
from either side. The affected rights: Personal Freedom + Freedom of Movement
and residency
· Articles 46 & 60 of
Sudan Transition Constitutional Document 2019
· Articles 9& 12 of
International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights