The Sudanese National Security arrested in October 29th , 2012 the journalist Somaya Hendousa , confirmed her family members . Somaya called her sister screaming : “ let me tell my family” , at the afternoon of October 29th when she went to the super market , since then she went missing and her whereabouts remain unknown. The next day one of her family members received SMS informing him that she is in detention .
Somaya is a journalist living in Egypt, but she used to work for local newspapers in Sudan ,and for the past six years she had been publishing on the internet searching for wider freedom space , she is covering and advocating the issues of conflict regions such as Darfur and Nuba mountains . while she was in Egypt she had been receiving threatening emails and phone calls from unknown number , especially in the past few months , and when she decided to visit her family last week, she told one of her family members to wait for her in the airport because she is afraid from the threats she received . After she arrived she did received a threating call telling her that she is welcomed in Sudan , that when she informed her family that she is followed and afraid for her life .
The Sudanese government had been threatening Sudanese activists living abroad and specially in Egypt for the past year and continue to monitor their actions and movement . Reports from dozens of activists in Egypt of threats and intimidations by the Sudanese government is on rise .
Arry organization is very concerned about the situation of Somaya Hendousa as she is at risk of torture and ill treatment inside Sudanese Security detentions, therefore Arry calls on the Sudanese government to:
- To immediately release Somaya Hendousa and reveal her detention location and allow her family visits and access to lawyers or present charges against her .
- To stop all forms of intimidations and threats against Sudanese activists living abroad and specially in Egypt .
P LEASE SEND APPEALS BEFORE NOW TO:
President
HE Omar Hassan Ahmad Al Bashir
Office of the President
People’s Palace PO Box 281
Khartoum, Sudan
Fax: +249 183 782 541
Salutation: Your Excellency
Minister of Justice
Mohammed BusharaDousa
Ministry of Justice, PO Box 302
Al Nil Avenue
Khartoum, Sudan
Fax: +249 183 764 168
Email : info@sudanjudiciary.org
Salutation: Your Excellency
And copies to:
Minister of Interior
Ibrahim Mohamed Hamed
Ministry of Interior
PO Box 873
Khartoum, Sudan
Also send copies to diplomatic representatives accredited to your country
