Darfur SLA says probing its ICRC liaison officer

January 2, 2007 (NYALA) — Rebel Sudan Liberation Army (SLA) said that its liaison officer with the Red Cross is under investigation for internal irregularities.

Abdelrahman Adam Nimer, the military spokesperson of the SLA told Sudan Tribune that Ali Haroun, SLA-Abdelwahid’s liaison officer with the ICRC in the Ain Siro Mountains, is under investigation over internal military irregularities.

The spokesperson denied that Haroun is held for political reasons. He added that the liaison officer didn’t observe military instructions and put many times lives of his comrades at risk.

He declined to give further details but assured that Haroun didn’t been subjected to tortures and dismissed these “unfounded allegations”.

Nimer further invited aid workers and human rights organisations to visit Haroun in Jabal Marra to see that the SLM/A “is a democratic organisation respecting the human rights.”

“We invite rights organisations to visit Haroun and to inspect his health and legal state.” He said

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