Sudan: Darfur Lawyers to File Complaint Against NISS Director

12 March 2018

Khartoum — The Darfur Bar Association (DBA) plans to lodge complaints against the head of Sudan's security apparatus because of the conditions he set for the release of political detainees. Relatives of people being held staged a sit-in in front of the Ministry of Justice in Khartoum on Sunday, demanding their immediate release.

In a statement on Sunday, the Darfur lawyers announced they will file a complaint to the Sudanese Political Parties Council against Salah Abdallah (aka Salah Gosh), head of the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS). According to the DBA, the NISS is holding political activists as "hostages".

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