Sudan Fuel Crisis - El Gedaref Activists Detained Monitoring Distribution

26 November 2020

El Gedaref — On Wednesday, members of Sudan's Military Intelligence reportedly assaulted and detained two activists in El Gedaref while they were monitoring the distribution of fuel in the town. Motaz Tenu from El Gedaref Rescue Initiative and Ahmed Mousa, member of the Resistance Committees active in the neighbourhoods in El Gedaref, were monitoring the sale of fuel at the El Basheri petrol station, when a group of 10 Military Intelligence agents detained them, and took them to the army command in the town.

Jaafar Khidir told Radio Dabanga that the activists were insulted and beaten. They had to be treated at a hospital before being transferred to the El Gedaref central police station.

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