19 SPLM-N members issued death sentences

25/11/2011 20:22

Advocacy group says detainees were not involved in military action; calls judgment a “flagrant violation of human rights”A summary tribunal in the town of Sinja, Sinnar State, issued death sentences against 19 Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) civilians detainees on Friday.The SPLM-N members from Blue Nile State and Northern Sudan claim to have no involvement in the ongoing military action in the states.The detainees were arrested from their homes and offices in September by Sudanese police and the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS).The Committee for Support of Political Prisoners and Detainees in Sudan (CSPPDS) said on Friday that almost all held in prisons underwent torture and abuse during their period of detention.“As a result, some have become physically disabled or disfigured from systematic ill treatment. Now finally, under the cover of a complete news blackout, they have been subjected to summary trials, which bear no relation to natural justice or impartial judicial processes- they were not granted, even the most basic of their legal rights,” the statement from the CSPPDS read.Among those detained is renowned writer and poet Abdel-Monim Rahma. The CSPPDS called upon all patriots at home and in the diaspora to rise up to stop this barbaric trials.

Advocacy group says detainees were not involved in military action; calls judgment a “flagrant violation of human rights”

A summary tribunal in the town of Sinja, Sinnar State, issued death sentences against 19 Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N) civilians detainees on Friday.

The SPLM-N members from Blue Nile State and Northern Sudan claim to have no involvement in the ongoing military action in the states.

The detainees were arrested from their homes and offices in September by Sudanese police and the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS).

The Committee for Support of Political Prisoners and Detainees in Sudan (CSPPDS) said on Friday that almost all held in prisons underwent torture and abuse during their period of detention.

“As a result, some have become physically disabled or disfigured from systematic ill treatment. Now finally, under the cover of a complete news blackout, they have been subjected to summary trials, which bear no relation to natural justice or impartial judicial processes- they were not granted, even the most basic of their legal rights,” the statement from the CSPPDS read.

Among those detained is renowned writer and poet Abdel-Monim Rahma. The CSPPDS called upon all patriots at home and in the diaspora to rise up to stop this barbaric trials.