‫ﻣﻨﻈﻤﺔ ﺣﻘﻮق اﻻﻧﺴﺎن واﻟﺘﻨﻤﻴﻪ‬ Human Rights and Development Organization (HUDO) South Kordofan / Nuba Mountains IDPs Situation Part One IDPs Camps The recent counterinsurgency fought by the Government of Sudan in the Nuba Mountains since June 2011, is not only exceptionally violent, but also aimed at depopulating the area of civilians. This war has exploited and brutalized nearly million civilian, and further immobilized an already decaying infrastructure. It has destroyed the livelihood base resulting in immense human suffering and caused systematic forced migration of populations across the region: internally Displaced Peoples (IDPs) estimated at over half a million. These large number of people have been suddenly deprived of food, and access to all services is cut off, yet needs persist, even escalated. sadly, a considerable number of these IDPs are deprived of even the right to establish a camp, and their condition is getting worse and worse. Since the beginning of the conflict in Southern Kordofan, the authorities have sought to prevent the emergence of IDPs camps; and intentionally removed any established camps as in Talodi (for IDPs from Talodi countryside);and Abu-Jibaiha (for IDPs from Talodi, Kalogi, El-Leri) and El-Obeid (for IDPs from Kadugli); and Al-Abbasiya/Tagali (for IDPs from Tagali countryside). Thus the IDPs had to rent houses, stay with relatives (sometimes more than six families in a small house) or disperse into the neighborhoods of those cities. In some areas, the authorities have further prohibited any kind of aid or assistance to the IDPs by the host communities. An example to that is what has happened to a seventy years old farmer (Abdullah Adam Manno) from Albideriah village near Kadhorbat. Mr. Abdullah was summoned by the military intelligence in Al-Abbasiya/Tagali and threatened with arrest and deportation because he had started collecting sorghum from the host community in his village to assist the IDPs. The arbitrary procedures by authorities in displacement areas forced many IDPs to return to their home areas despite the insecurity and bombarding. They prefer to die with dignity rather than humiliation. Despite all these challenges, many people were established a number of small camps around North East and North West Al-Abbasiya/Tagali locality. These IDPs are from Al-Abbasiya/Tagali countryside who are predominantly