During the court sessions, the defendants‟ lawyers objected many times about the court procedures. Some of the complaints were captured as indicated below; o The 1st defendant‟s lawyer objected and requested that the photos should be displayed by the technical experts who had prepared the film, the judge promised to do so when needed. o One of the lawyers commented that “The trial Judge keeps on postponing the trial for all sorts of reasons which creates a wrong impression of delaying justice on the side of the accused”. o Another lawyer objected on the intervention by investigator to direct the translator. o The first defendant‟s lawyer commented directly to the court that, “it’s unacceptable for the court to be directed/ driven by one of the litigants”. 13 Other violations 13.1 South Kordufan 13.1.1 Al-Abbasiya police Intimidated students at school On 27th September 2016 at 10:00 am, thirty seven (37) police officers headed by a captain on four vehicles (two with number plates and two without) entered Al-Gadeima5 secondary school in Al-Abbasiya town and started to shoot in air while students were in class. This scared both the teachers and students. The headmaster went to the captain asking about the reason, the captain replied “we had information that students were planning to demonstrate about Al-Sanadra incident. This is a message to them, this time we fired on air but, if they dare demonstrate, the fire will be on their chests after all, you all belong to SPLA-N’’. As a result, five students who were originally from AlSanadra left the school. 5 Al-Gadeima is an Arabic word means the old 15