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| Date: | 1 October 2001 |
| Case Number: | su0101_nag |
| Victim: | Nagib Nagmeldin |
| Country: | Sudan |
| Subject: | Amal Center is Open; All Patient Files Returned |
| Issues: | Freedom from arbitrary arrest and detention; Freedom of opinion and expression |
| Type of alert: | Update |
| Related alerts: | 19 March 2001; 22 May 2001; 25 June 2001; 2 July 2001 |
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FACTS OF THE CASE:
AAASHRAN has received news that the Amal Center for the Rehabilitation of Victims of Torture and Violence is currently open and has begun to offer services to survivors of torture. Amal Center staff also report that all of the patient files confiscated by the government have been returned.
The Amal Center, which was established in November 2000, provides free medical treatment and counseling for victims of human rights abuses and is the first of its kind to be established in Sudan. The Sudanese government has targeted the center in the past few months. In March 2001, government security forces arrested three of its staff members, Dr. Nagib Nagmeldin, Mr. Fatih Abdel Rahman, and Mrs. Zienab Omer Ahmed. In June 2001, Faisal el Bagir Mohamed, a member of the Amal Center and the Sudan Victims of Torture Group, was also arrested after meeting with government officials. He was seeking to obtain official permission to organize events commemorating the fourth annual United Nations' International Day in Support of Victims of Torture on 26 June 2001. All of the individuals have been released.
(Sources of information for this case include the International Rehabilitation Council for Torture Victims and the Human Rights Committee of the National Academy of Sciences.)
RECOMMENDED ACTION:
No further action is needed at this time. Many thanks to those who sent appeals.
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