HUDO Centre 12th December 2017 Update (6) COURT TRIAL OF AL-SANADRA CASE The court session was held on Wednesday 6th December 2017 at 11:40 AM before Justice/ Abdeen Hamid Dhahi at Khartoum North court. All parties attended except the prosecutors, though one of them joined later. The session’s main activities were the investigator’s final submission and the cross examination by the lawyers. At the end, the judge announced that the next court session will be on 13th December 2017. Summary of the court session The Court session started at 11:40 AM (Sudan local time) before judge/ Abdeen Hamid Dhahi. In attendance were the investigator, the defendants, the lawyers’ panels, the general public and the prosecutor who came late (One and half hours after the session had begun). The Investigator’s Submission In his submission, the investigator/ Mohamed Elamein presented/submitted a medical report approving that, the first defendant/ Hassan Ramadan is 15 years old (under age). The investigator informed court that, the exhibit of four guns /weapons which were handled by the military in Abbasiya after requesting letter from the investigator, belong to the following defendants; Al-sadiq Mohammed Rahma, Alhadi Abdelrahman Ibrahim, Alzaki Saleh Alzaki and Abakar Fadelmowla Suliman. The investigator informed court that, the case against the escapees; Osman Ebaid Khamees, Musa Mohammed Daoud, Hassan Abduelfadeel and Babikir Nematalla Babikir was separated from the current case (charge sheet). This was because of their disappearance. According to the investigation and testimonies of witnesses, the investigator recommended to court to charge the defendants under the following articles in Sudan criminal penal 1991: