HUDO Centre Date: 25th May 2025 No: H.K/PS/18/025 UPDATE ON JSC ARRESTED SIX YOUTH ACTIVISTS IN KADOGLI, SUDAN On 3rd May 2025, soldiers from JSC arrested six (6) youth activists and detained them at JSC detention in Kadogli. They accused the youth of providing information to a journalist. On 4th May 2025, four (4) of the youth were released and the other two (2) were transferred to SAF barracks in Kadogli. They are currently held incommunicado which causes fear that they could be undergoing torture. On 3rd May 2025, soldiers from the Joint Security Cell (JSC) arrested six youth activists in Kadogli on charges of providing information to a journalist. They were taken to the defunct headquarters of National Congress Party (NCP) in Kadogli which is used by Joint Security Cell (JSC) as a detention Centre. Their phones were forcefully searched by the soldiers and confiscated. They were interrogated about who is providing information to the journalist (Mr. Alfadel Elsanhouri). The names of the arrested youth are: Mr. Ali Yousif Ali, Mr. Ibrahim Abdel-Rahman Mohammed, Mr. Ahmed Faisal Al-Zaki, Mr. Hassan Balandia, Mr. Musa Abdalla and Mr. Awad Ibrahim. On 4th May 2025, at 6:00 pm (Sudan local time), four of the detainees (Ali Yousif Ali, Ibrahim AbdelRahman Mohammed, Ahmed Faisal Al-Zaki and Awad Ibrahim) were released and their confiscated phones were not returned back to them. The other two (Hassan Balandia and Mr. Musa Abdalla) were transferred to the 14th Division Command in Kadogli where they are still kept, their families and lawyers were not allowed to visit them. This raised concerns that they could be subjected to torture. HUDO Centre is concerned about the safety of civilians in Sudan during this difficult period of fighting between SAF and RSF and calls for the following:  The JSC in Kadogli to immediately and unconditionally release the two youths or take them to the courts of law  The JSC to release the confiscated smart phones.  The head of the security committee in South Kordufan State (the governor) to investigate the circumstances that led to this arrest and make the findings public.  The JSC to stop targeting and arresting civilians. End: For more information, please write to hudo2009@gmail.com