Police beat Sudanese lawyer in El Gezira

A large group of women lawyers in Wad Madani in El Gezira State went to the streets on Sunday to demonstrate against the violent behaviour of police officers towards a colleague.  A lawyer from Wad Madani told Radio Dabanga that on Thursday a police colonel named Amin Saeed assaulted, beat and cursed lawyer Ilham Abdel Aziz. Lieutenant Ibrahim Salama assisted beating her until blood flowed from her nose and mouth. Abdel Aziz had filed an application at the police station for the release of one of her clients. A heated discussion flared up, prompting the officers to beat and verbally abuse her. File photo: Students of El Ahfad University for Women in Khartoum protesting against price hikes, September 2013

A large group of women lawyers in Wad Madani in El Gezira State went to the streets on Sunday to demonstrate against the violent behaviour of police officers towards a colleague. 

A lawyer from Wad Madani told Radio Dabanga that on Thursday a police colonel named Amin Saeed assaulted, beat and cursed lawyer Ilham Abdel Aziz. Lieutenant Ibrahim Salama assisted beating her until blood flowed from her nose and mouth.

Abdel Aziz had filed an application at the police station for the release of one of her clients. A heated discussion flared up, prompting the officers to beat and verbally abuse her.

File photo: Students of El Ahfad University for Women in Khartoum protesting against price hikes, September 2013