On May 11^th, 2013 Kowa Tiya Zakrya, 44 yeqars old Nuba activist,  was detained in Wadi Halfa in Northern state. Kowa is a worker in the Nile port of Alzubair Mohamed Salih. He is father of 4 children and had been detained four times this year. Since his detention his family couldn’t meet him and he is still being detained without charges. Kowa is danger of torture and ill treatment according to his family.

On May20th, 2013, tow Darfuri Students were arrested in Khartoum. Mozamil Mohamed Alhassan, 28 years, and Fathi Yahia 27 years old, were kidnapped by plain clothes security elements from Istad bus station. They tried with their colleagues to fight the arrest but they were outnumbered by the security members. The tow students had been detained incommunicado with no access to family members or lawyers, and at risk of torture. (more…)

The Sudanese government started new arrest campaign against Nub activists, and specially Nuba Christians, most of the detainees were detained in Khartoum and in Southern and North Kordofan. Blow is updated list of the detainees and peoples in danger of detention. In addition to the news from detention that the detainees are facing inhuman treatment and torture, as some of them are elders and suffer from health problems.

The Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF)” an ally of armed movements, who are fighting the government from Darfur, Nuba mountains, Blue Nile and other opposition parties”, took the battle against the Sudanese government to new level, by attacking areas that has never been part of the fighting before, and mainly to take the combat to be closer to Khartoum the Capital of Sudan.

Dozens of Nuba activists and even regular Nuba reported missing in the (more…)

On May 5^th,2013, the Sudanese government air force bombed Kelang, north east of Abo Karshola, which is under the control of the Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF) since April, 27^th, 2013. The bombing killed 12 Nuba civilians among them 5 peoples from one family, they are the family of Ibrahim Ajeeb, he was killed with his wife, tow children and his sister, in addition to another seven peoples. The bombing resulted in the injury of three peoples all of them in dangerous situation. The Sudanese armed forces are putting Abu Karshola in total siege and the bombing comes in its military campaign to recapture the area. (more…)

Background:

The Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF)” an ally of armed movements, who are fighting the government from Darfur, Nuba mountains, Blue Nile and other opposition parties”, took the battle against the Sudanese government to new level, by attacking areas that has never been part of the fighting before, and mainly to take the combat to be closer to Khartoum the Capital of Sudan. The new wave of attacks by the SRF started on April 23, 2013 on Umrowaba, a t own in North Kordofan, 9 peoples reported dead most of them are civilians,  in the next day there was another attack on Abo Karshola in the borders of North Kordofan and Southern Kordofan stae, and then followed by the SRF controlling Abo Karshola, in the result if this attacks by the SRF, the Sudanese government started bombing Kauda and Alburam and other areas in Southern Kordofan.

IDPs numbers in Alrahd exceeded 27 thousands:

The numbers of the IDPs who fled to Alrahad had been in increasing rapidly since the fighting reached to Abo Karshola in North East of Southern Kordofan state in April 27^th, 2013. The latest numbers estimations reached to over 27 thousands IDPs most of them from Nuab ethnicities. They came from the villages of Abo Karshola, Um Shemeiska, Alsemaih and many other villages around this area. Although the fighting between the Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF) and the government was mainly in Abo Karshola, but the near villages residents were extremely terrified that the fighting will reach their areas so they decided to flee also to Alrahad. (more…)

The Sudanese government Peoples Defence Forces( PDF) assassinated tow Nuba men, who were officers in the National Reserve Forces( Part of the Police) in Abu Karshola village, North East of Southern Kordofan, before the Sudanese Revolutionary Front(SRF) attack on this area on April 27, 2013.

The two police officers fled the village with civilian IDPs in result of the attack by the SRF on the region, after they took off their uniform and merged in with the other civilians who fled to Alrahad the nearest town to Abu Karshola. But during their stay there Arab militias who are part of the PDF, and heavily armed by the government accused those tow Nuba officers of being spies of the SRF, and assassinated them in the middle of Alrahad market, in Tuesday, 30 of April, 2013.

According to witnesses, Musa Adam Jodat , 28 years from Um Sheimaksa , was killed with a bullet in a head after the militia beaten him near to death, and Ali Ahmed, 28 years old from Khor Alteina, was killed with three bullets in his back while he was trying to run away from his attackers. (more…)

On May 3rd,2013, 61 Nuba from Moro tribe were arrested in a massive arrest campaign against Nuba peoples in Khartoum. The 61 were arrested from one neighborhood of “Tawidat Elthoura” in Omdurman. The Sudanese security elements accused them of helping and supporting the SPLM/n in its recent attack on Umrowaba, in North Kordofan.

The same day Daoud Mikkady, Nuba Christian activist was arrested from his house in Alfitihab/ Omdurman, with others. In the tow days before Friday, another some other 10 Nuba Christian activists were detained. All the detainees are arrested incommunicado, and their families has no informations about them, while their lives remain at risk as they are in serious danger of torture, ill treatment and even being killed. (more…)

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The Sudanese government started new arrest campaign against Nub activists, and specially Nuba Christians, most of the detainees were detained in Khartoum and in Southern and North Kordofan in the wake of the recent escalation and expansion of the conflict zone to move to the north from Southern Kordofan to North Kordofan.

The Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF)” an ally of armed movements, who are fighting the government from Darfur, Nuba mountains, Blue Nile and other opposition parties”, since april 26th, 2013 took the battle against the Sudanese government to new level, by attacking areas that has never been part of the fighting before, and mainly to take the combat to be closer to Khartoum the Capital of Sudan.

Dozens of Nuba activists and even regular Nuba reported missing in the campaign started in May1st, 2013. Most of the detainee’s families did not know any informations yet about them, and their whereabouts remain unknown. The detainees are in danger of torture and ill treatment inside the detentions. (more…)

 The Nuba Sudanese refugee who was trapped with more than 300 refugees in Syria, managed to escape the violent situation in Syria to Lebanon last week. The rest of the refugees are trapped inside Damascus with no way to leave with their children and elder peoples.

More than 300 Sudanese refugees are stuck in Syria. All the refugees are from Nuba mountains and Darfur, who fled Sudan in result of the continuous conflict in the tow regions. The Sudanese refugees in Syria are suffering inside the hot zones in Damascus and the areas around it, they are mainly in the districts of Jarmanna , Doilaa, Almleiha, Aldkhanya, Adra and Aldomer. The refugees are living in humanitarian crisis, in addition to the ongoing fighting between the Syrian army and the opposition forces, which take place inside the civilian areas, and led them to lose their homes, jobs and all their belongings, the refugees are victims of racial attacks, rape and detention. (more…)

The Sudanese Security arrested Tijany Alhaj Abdu Alrahman from the Khartoum airport, as he was coming back from Eretria after living in exile there for 15 years. Tijany is a human rights defender democracy advocate and writer.

He left Sudan more than 15 years ago after he was living in exile and decided to return to Sudan to visit his family. The whereabouts of Tijany remained unknown, and he is in danger of torture and ill treatment in the security detentions.

Arry organization is extremely concerned about the well being of Tijany Alhaj, as he is detained incommunicado and  at risk of torture and ill- treatment. We call on the Sudanese government to immediately release him and reveal his whereabouts, or charge him. (more…)

On April 25^th, 2013, 14 Nuba women detainees were released by personal surety from Kadugli prison. Thirteen of the women were transferred on April 18^th, 2013 from Al Obied to Kadugli and promised to be released, in addition to those thirteen Khadija Badr who was suffering from spinal injury and was already in Kadugli since March, 2013.

The 14 women were charged with many charges that are not confirmed what they are yet. Some of the charges are participating in a crime (article 21 of the Sudanese criminal act of 1991) and attempting to commit a crime (article 20), in addition to accusing the women of making and counterfeiting seals and official marks (article 120) which could lead them to sentence up to 5 years, and will work on confirming the rest of the charges. (more…)