Sudan: Arbitrary arrest/Incommunicado detention/Fear of torture or other ill-treatment:\tHassan Al Turabi (m)

Index Number: AFR 54/007/2009
Date Published: 15 January 2009
Categories: Sudan

Hassan Al Turabi, leader of the opposition group Popular Congress Party (PCP), was arrested on 14 January by armed agents of the Sudanese National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS), at his home in the capital, Khartoum. He has been held incommunicado, without charge, since then, and has had no access to medical treatment.