Sudan: South Kordofan Family Detained for 'Rebel Ties'

16 October 2017

Abu Karshola — Five family members have been held under arrest by a group of Sudanese Military Intelligence in South Kordofan for the last two weeks. All of them are accused of associating with the rebel SPLM-N, including a 17-year-old boy.

Twenty-four Military Intelligence (M.I.) members arrived at the house of a family of cattle keepers in Elfaid Um Abdalla. The M.I. were searching for the family's son, Mukhtar Badawi Adam Shaheer (18 years). The researchers of the Human Rights and Development Organisation (HUDO) reported that the father replied that Mukhtar was letting cattle graze in a nearby village.

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