Sudan: Fear for safety/fear of torture or ill-treatment/incommunicado detention

Index Number: AFR 54/066/2003
Date Published: 29 July 2003
Categories: Africa, Sudan

The seven named men, all community leaders of Fur ethnicity, were arrested between 16 and 26 July by the Sudanese authorities in various locations in the Darfur region, western Sudan. Their whereabouts are unknown and they are at risk of torture or ill-treatment. Amnesty International fears for their safety.