3. Poor means of transport whereby roads are not very accessible within the rainy season. 4. Some of the victims and witnesses do not easily reveal information due to security threats. According to interviews that were conducted by HUDO monitors, some of the victims or the witnesses expressed their fears from security agencies. 5. The number of monitors was not enough to cover the incidents geographically 6. The monitors‟ fear for their lives in case the interviewed victims were subjected to torture and forced to reveal them. 7. The general situation of insecurity in the conflict areas 9 Arbitrary arrest Through the field monitors and focal people on the ground, HUDO managed to gather credible information about arbitrary arrests. In this period the number of arrests was relatively low. The arrests were carried out by MI, NISS and police. 9.1 Arrests in South Kordufan 9.1.1 Release of detainees in Al-Abbasiya On 2nd July 2016, the Military intelligence (MI) in Al-Abbasiya unconditionally released two of the three detainees who were arrested on 15th June 2016 including an elderly man. The MI had accused the three for having attacked Mr.Belo‟s house yet the accused were at the same house for a social/tribal visit and nobody had reported any attack. The names of the arrested/released are; 1. Hamid Ibrahim Taweer, 73 years old, retired civil servant. 2. Ibrahim Adam Kalaka, 52 years old, engineer. Later on18th July 2016, the third detainee Muamar Elsaeed Agoumy, 37 years old, selfemployed was also released. 9.1.2 SAF raided Almaash village On 2nd September 2016, Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) raided Almaash village, arrested some people and confiscated some of their goods. SAF accused the people of this village that they supply and act as a pathway to SPLA-N in getting their supply from Dilling. The following people were arrested; 1. Mrs. Hano Hassan, 30 years old trader, with infant of one year. SAF confiscated her goods worth eight thousand Sudanese pounds (about 550 USD). She was released on 9th September 2016 with a condition that she should not go back to her village. She was ordered to leave Dilling village and go to Khartoum. 5