HUDO Centre 22nd January 2018 Update (10) COURT TRIAL OF AL-SANADRA CASE This update contains two court sessions that were held on 10th and 17th January 2018 at Khartoum North court before Justice/ Abdeen Hamid Dhahi. The next court session will be on 24th January 2018. Summary of the court sessions In both Court sessions, the hearing of testimonies was still ongoing. This time, six (6) other accusation witnesses were cross-examined by the court, prosecutor and lawyers from both panels. The witnesses informed court that, they were at the scene of the incident (attack) at AlSanadra. Session A; On 10th January 2018, the court session started at 11:16 AM (Sudan local time). In attendance were the investigator, defendants, the panel of lawyers and the general public while the prosecutor was absent. The following are the accusing witnesses who delivered their testimonies;  The eighth (8th) witness is Elshareif Ahmed Elshareif, 42 years, civil servant and resident of Al-Sanadra. He informed court that a bullet from Alzaki narrowly missed him but burned the right side of his shirt.  The ninth (9th) witness is Mahmoud Ismail Abdelrahman, 54 years, self-employed, Imam of Alshawaya village (religious leader) and a resident of Al-Sanadra. He witnessed the murder of Mohammed Abdalla and Awad Ahmed Adam, and he was harassed  The tenth (10th) witness is Ahmed Alaati, 51 years, farmer and a resident of AlSanadra. Session B; On 17th January 2018 the court session started at 11:30 AM (Sudan local time). In attendance were the investigator, prosecutor, defendants, the panel of lawyers and the general public. The following accusing witnesses delivered their testimonies and were cross- examined;