Sudan: 'Concerns for 14 Doctors Held Incommunicado in Sudan' - ACJPS

13 November 2016

New York — The 14 medical doctors detained incommunicado by Sudan's National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) since 31 October may be subjected to torture, says the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS).

At least 49 other doctors participating in a strike across Sudan have been summoned by the NISS since 27 October, and ordered to report daily to various security offices. Several of them have also been threatened with dismissal from their jobs at the state owned hospitals.

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