Sudan:Gov't trying to gag those who tell the world about humanrights abuse

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http://www.amnesty.org.uk/deliver/document/15560.html

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‘Intimidation and Denial: Attacks on freedom of expression in Darfur’ reports on how the Sudanese government, which is under increasing international pressure, is attacking freedom of expression so as to control information about the scale of continuing human rights violations in Darfur.

Irene Khan, Secretary General of Amnesty International,said: “Instead of arresting those who commit human rights violations, the Sudanese authorities are arresting those who are exposing the perpetrators.

“As long as people who want to speak out about these violations are intimidated and arrested, the commitments of the Government of Sudan to the international community will remain hollow.”

Among the cases documented in the Amnesty International report are those of seven people arrested for giving information to the African Union's ceasefire monitors in Abu Dereja near Al Fasher on 15 July and 17 July. They were reportedly still being detained in the National Security centre in Al Fasher as of 20 August. The Sudanese authorities have also arrested people for presenting petitions, trying to organize public meetings and opposing the return of those displaced by the conflict to unsafe areas.
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1. "Amnesty International disclosed that at least 25 people reportedly ...

... were arrested in North Dafur State between July 15 and August 3 of this year, allegedly for giving information on human rights and ceasefire violations to members of the African Union (AU) Ceasefire Commission in al-Fasher. Seven who allegedly gave information to AU monitors in Abu Dereja on July 15 and July 17 reportedly were still detained in the National Security Center in Al Fasher as of August 20."

http://www.amnestyusa.org/news/document.do?id=FEA702F32862D83C85256EFB004E4086