PUBLIC AI Index: AFR 54/055/2007

14 September 2007

Further Information on UA 243/07 (AFR 54/053/2007, 12 September 2007) Incommunicado detention/fear of torture or other ill-treatment/medical concern/possible prisoners of conscience

SUDAN Nazmi Mohammed Hamed (m)

Nayef Mohammed Hamed (m), journalist

Al-Khatib Mohammed Salem (m), engineer

Maysara Izzeddin Mohammed Mansur (m)

Farouq Nouri (m), government employee at the Ministry of Finance, Dongola

Hisham Abbas (m)

Da’ud Suleima (m), member of the Committee Against the Building of the Kajbar Dam

Isam Mohammed Faqir (m)

All eight men named above were released on 13 September. It is not yet known how they were treated in custody.

They had been arrested on 28 August, apparently as a result of their opposition to the construction of the Kajbar Dam in Sudan's Northern State. They were held incommunicado, putting them at risk of torture.

No further action is requested from the UA network. Many thanks to all who sent appeals.

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