Sudanese authorities release detained rights activists

Feb 14, 2006 (KHARTOUM) — Sudanese security forces have released the five Sudanese human rights activists working in the violent Darfur region on Monday night.

Yesterday, Alrayah Ibrahim Eldaw, Alfaris Ibrahim, Dawalbeit Kabbur and Osman Ali Ismael, staff members of non-governmental organization the Sudan Development Organization (SUDO), and Sayed Abu Bakr, a volunteer for SUDO, were being held incommunicado and without charge by security forces in the town of Ed Dain in South Darfur.

The five human rights defenders were arrested at Ed Dain University, while they conducted a training session on human rights monitoring, which had been organized by SUDO.

The five human rights defenders were released without charge by security forces.

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