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Sudan puts 39 on trial over Darfur attack on capital
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June 18, 2008KHARTOUM (AFP) — Thirty-nine suspects went on trial in the Sudanese capital on Wednesday over a Darfur rebel attack on Khartoum, in a case which could carry the death penalty.
Thirteen suspects have been farmed out to each of three specially-created courts in Khartoum and its twin cities of Omdurman and Khartoum North. They are being tried under counter-terrorism and criminal legislation.
More than 222 people were killed when rebels from the Justice and Equality Movement attacked Omdurman on May 10, marking the first time that the decades-old regional unrest in Sudan has reached the doorstep of government.
The start of the trial coincided with a call from Human Rights Watch (HRW) for Sudan to account for hundreds of adults and children arrested after the attack and bring to justice those behind torture and mistreatment of detainees.
“Hundreds of people in Khartoum have been rounded up because they are from Darfur, and brutally beaten and thrown into overcrowded jails where some have died,” said Georgette Gagnon, Africa director with the US-based group.
“The Sudanese authorities should account for every individual and charge them with a cognizable crime or immediately release them.”
In a 28-page report, HRW said that it has collected the names of more than 200 people whom Sudanese national intelligence are believed to have arrested since May 10.
Some former detainees claimed that the total number of those arrested may be as high as 3,000, while HRW quoted witnesses as reporting the deaths of at least 10 people in detention from ill-treatment and poor conditions.
Sudan tries 39 for attack on Khartoum
Wed 18 Jun 2008, 13:58 GMT
[-] Text [+] By Opheera McDoom
KHARTOUM, June 18 (Reuters) – Sudan put 39 people on trial on Wednesday accused of taking part in a Darfur rebel attack on the capital last month.
Clashes centred on a suburb of Khartoum left at least 200 dead during the first attack on the city by a rebel group from one of Sudan’s regions in decades of multiple civil wars.
Three special courts have been set up to try 13 suspects each, drawing accusations from defence lawyers that they will not get a fair hearing.
The accused are being tried under Sudan’s terrorism law and some could face the death penalty.
“These special courts are created by the chief justice, who is appointed by the president and cannot be neutral — normal courts should be used,” one member of the defence team Kamal Omer told Reuters.
The hearing was adjourned to give lawyers time to meet their clients. Defence lawyers said the justice ministry had denied their requests to meet the accused before the first hearing.
The May 10 attack on the western Omdurman suburb was carried out by the rebel Justice and Equality Movement.
Omer said none of the big names the government said had been caught, like senior commander Abdel Aziz el-Nur Ashr, were in court on Wednesday.
“They are all very young boys, many of them look like they could be between 15-18 years old.”
Thousands of Darfuris and other opposition supporters were rounded up for questioning after the attack, prompting rights groups to voice concern.
New York-based Human Rights Watch on Wednesday urged the government to release those arrested or promptly charge them, saying they had spoken to people who described torture and beatings after being detained.
“Eyewitnesses reported to Human Rights Watch the deaths of at least 10 people in detention from ill-treatment and poor conditions in prisons and secret detention centres,” it said.
The group also criticised what it called the persecution of journalists and human rights activists since the attack. It also condemned censorship of the independent press, which has been intensified.
“Human Rights Watch urges the international community to immediately and publicly call on Sudan to end all arbitrary arrests and detention,” it added. (Editing by Matthew Tostevin)
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