HUDO Centre 19th July 2018 Update (23) COURT TRIAL OF AL-SANADRA CASE Two court sessions were held on 26th June and 3rd July 2018 at Khartoum North court before Justice/ Murshid Ahmed Elamein. The prosecutor was not present in court but all the other parties attended. Court was adjourned to 24th July and 2nd August 2018. Summary of the court sessions Six (6) defending witnesses submitted their testimonies and they were questioned by the judge and lawyers’ panels. The names of the defending witnesses are; 25th defending witness: Ahmed Musa Hamad, 42 years, farmer/ PDF member and resident of AlAbbasiya town. 26st defending witness: Elgailey Elsir Ahmed Omer, 36 years, SAF officer, and resident of Rabak town. He was working at Al-Abbasiya military during Al-Sanadra incident time. 27th defending witness: Abdalla Omer Musa, 27 years, farmer and resident of Almasan village. 28th defending witness: Ismail Abdelgadir Salah, 26 years, herdsman, resident of Almasan village and he is a brother of the 9th defendant/ Ahmed Abduelgadir Salah. 29th defending witness: Mrs. Zainab Almanzoul Ahmed, 26 years, housewife, resident of Almasan village and she is the wife of the 9th defendant/ Ahmed Abdelgadir Salah. 30th defending witness: Ahmed Nasreldin Daoud, 25 years, trader, and resident of Al-Abbasiya town. The summary of testimonies from witnesses;  The witnesses informed court that, on 2nd September 2016 the morning of the attack (Al-Sanadra incident), they were together with the defendants (given below) in Al-Abbasiya or their villages. o Three testified in favour of Ahmed Abdelgadir Salah Mohammed (the 9th defendant) o One testified in favour of; 4th defendant/ Ahmed Al-Tayeb, the 10th defendant/ Alzaki Saleh, 11th defendant/ Hamid Almanzol, 12th defendant/ Abakar Fadelmowla and 14th defendant/ Mohammed Nasreldin Daoud.