Sudanese lawyers call for colleague’s release

31/03/2015 13:48

A group of 62 lawyers presented a petition to the Attorney General in Khartoum on Monday, concerning the detention of their colleague El Haj Gadem Ali Azrag since 23 June last year.
Azrag was detained by security agents, when he was returning from the Umbadda Court in Omdurman to his office in downtown Khartoum. He is being held at Kober prison in Khartoum North since then, one of his colleagues told Radio Dabanga.

A group of 62 lawyers presented a petition to the Attorney General in Khartoum on Monday, concerning the detention of their colleague El Haj Gadem Ali Azrag since 23 June last year.

Azrag was detained by security agents, when he was returning from the Umbadda Court in Omdurman to his office in downtown Khartoum. He is being held at Kober prison in Khartoum North since then, one of his colleagues told Radio Dabanga.

The lawyers demand that Azrag be released, or brought to trial in case of charges.