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HUDO Centre 20th September 2017 Update (1) COURT TRIAL OF AL-SANADRA CASE The second (2nd) court session was conducted on 14th September 2017 before Justice/ Abdeen Hamad Dhahi at Khartoum North court and all parties were present except one defendant. During this session the general public attended in big numbers. Summary of the second (2nd) court session On 14th September 2017, the second (2nd) court session started at 12:45pm before Justice Abdeen Hamad Dhahi. It was attended by the prosecutor Mr. Mohamed Alsafi, the victims’ lawyers (accusation panel) headed by Mr. Baroud, the defendants’ lawyers headed by Mr. Amir, the military’s legal consultant, the defendants and the general public including activists. The session was scheduled to start with the investigator presenting the case but the judge adjourned the session. He adjourned because the defendants had come to court in military uniform which was against his previous order and that his valid order for defendants to be confined at the military prison in Khartoum was not complied with. The judge gave validation for the previous order as;    Khartoum north court will write to the military court that they did not implement the court order and the same order will be repeated. Instructed the court secretary to issue order letter to Al-Abbasiya military to confine/detain the defendants in their premises up to the time of their transfer to the military prison in Khartoum. The letter should be given to the head commandant (First lieutenant) of the defendants’ guards to deliver it to Al-Abbasiya military. In the next court session, the defendants must come dressed in civilian clothes. The victims’ Lawyer Mr. Baroud reminded the judge that, one of the defendants (the underage) who joined in this session is standing without a lawyer. The judge replied that “he will write to the legal aid department at the ministry of justice to offer him a legal support”. The judge adjourned court to 3rd and 4th October 2017. That after 4th October 2017, court sessions will be held every Wednesday. Notes;    More than twenty lawyers were present and most of them joined the accusation panel. The military legal consultant by names of Yasir Abdelwakeel attended in defense of two military soldiers who were reinforcement (secondeed) to PDF by the military during the incident. The general public attended in big numbers that the space in the court room could not accommodate them all. 1

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Court Trial of Al Sanadra Case

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Type of Report: Thematic reports / research papers

Date of publication: Sep 17, 2017

Brief description: On 2nd Sept 2016, Public Defense Force (PDF) soldiers on more than twenty motorcycles accompanied by two land cruiser vehicles attacked Al-Sanadra village in Al-Abbasiya locality in South Kordufan state. The attack was based on a claim that some cattle were looted and the footsteps passed through Al-Sanadra village. As a result of the attack, nine (9) people were killed, about twenty (20) wounded and some houses were looted and burnt down, cattle were looted as well as displacement of many residents of Al-Sanadra. The authorities (state/security) first ignored the case but later considered it after much pressure from citizens/public. The case was opened at Al-Abbasiya police office. The lawyers’ of the victims (Accusation panel) requested for the transfer of court to Khartoum and it was accepted.