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AMNESTY International issued an urgent action alert yesterday for political prisoners rounded up by the Sudanese government’s secret police since the start of the year.
The group said that about 140 opposition political figures, women’s and human rights activists and students are believed to have been arrested by the Sudanese National Intelligence and Security Services (Niss) and to be at risk of maltreatment or execution.
Many members of the Sudanese Communist Party have been abducted, including political secretary Muhammad Mukhtar al-Khatieb.
Anyone who criticises those in power in Kenya risks their freedom or worse. The brutal abduction of Booker Omole marks a new escalation in a country sliding toward authoritarian rule, says MARC VANDEPITTE
Groups are urging the US government to secure the 16-year old’s release as his mental and physical health decline dramatically after nine months inside Ofer prison, writes LINDA PENTZ GUNTER
