Lawyer beaten up by Sudanese security agents
March 31, 2015 (KHARTOUM) – A Sudanese lawyer has filed charges against the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS), claiming he was beaten by three of its officers.
He explained that one of the security officers has mistaken him for someone else by the name of Abu al-Roos and that he sought in vain to convince him that he is not the person in question but to no avail.
Ibrahim added that the security officer described him as “American agent”, after which all three of them collectively said “we saw you drinking alcohol inside the American embassy”.
He was then pushed into their car and they started beating him up when he asked them to produce an arrest warrant.
A police officer who saw the altercation approached but left the scene immediately after he learned they belong to NISS.
The lawyer said the officers cursed him using obscene words and threatened to rape him, noting he was taken to a building in al-Amarat neighborhood where a senior officer came out and apologized for him.
Ibrahim said the senior officer allowed him to leave the building, adding that he refused to accept the senior officer’s offer to change his bloodstained shirt.
He said he immediately went to the police station to get a medical form to go to the hospital, saying the doctor’s report proved existence of wounds in the left hand and the eye besides bruises in the back.
The victim said he filed charges against the NISS, emphasizing that he will follow all legal procedures to ensure the perpetrators are duly punished.
Security agents enjoy sweeping powers under Sudan’s security law including the power to arrest any person without warrant.
(ST)