HUDO Centre Date: 9th February 2023 No. H.K/UA/01/022 URGENT APPEAL ARREST AND IMPRISONMENT OF MR. HAJO IN DAMAZIN, SUDAN On 26th January 2023, Mr. Ali Hajo was arrested by SAF/ MI in Damazin and the following day was deported to Damazin police office and then to Roseries prison for three months imprisonment under the emergency order. He was accused of publishing an article on his Facebook account. On 26th January 2023 around 08:00 pm (Sudan time), Mr. Ali Hajo was arrested from the street by a group of Sudan Armed Force (SAF) soldiers and taken to the military base in Damazin where he spent a night at the military Intelligence (MI) cell. On 27th January 2023 at around 08:00 am (Sudan time) Mr. Ali Hajo was transferred to Damazin central police where he spent about four hours and then taken to Roseries prison for three months imprisonment according to emergency order without appearing before courts of law. Mr. Hajo was arrested and imprisoned because of writing and publishing an article on 26th January 2023 (afternoon hours) on his Facebook account. The content of the article was in criticism of the appointment of Mr. Isam Eldrougi (the former MI commandant of MI in Blue Nile) to lead the reconciliation committee in Blue Nile. In his article, Mr. Ali Hajo accused Mr. Isam Eldrougi of being responsible for torturing students and activists in Blue Nile during Omer Al-Bashir regime and he was one of his victims (according to the article). HUDO is very concerned about the state of human rights in Blue Nile State and calls upon the state government to;  Unconditionally release Mr. Hajo and all those detained due to the emergency orders.  Stop all kinds of arbitrary arrests.  Enable the legal and justice procedures as well as rule of law.  To investigate Mr. Hajo allegations against the head of reconciliation committee in Blue Nile.  Immediately end the state of emergency that enabled the political and security authorities to arrest and imprison activists at will.