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HUDO Centre Ahmed Al-Tayeb, Saleh Joudat, Ahmed Jazim, Alhadi Abdelrahman (Wad Elnum) and Alkar. At the end of the session, the judge adjournment court to 24th January 2018 at 11:00 AM for further hearing of testimonies from the accusation witnesses. Observation Notes  Some of the attackers have Kinship relations with some of the victims.  The 8th and 10th witnesses are members of PDF but they were not informed about this attack. One of them is a former SAF soldier (10th witness). Also there is one retired SAF soldier (11th witness) and one civilian that had trained in military issues (12th witness). Recommendations/ Appeals HUDO urges all the concerned, especially:  The Sudan court to conduct the trial fairly  The activists and defendants’ supporters to keep on attending court sessions  The diplomatic missions and embassies to observe the court sessions  The Sudan and international media to give full coverage for the court END For any further information please write to hudo2009@gmail.com

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Court Trial of Al Sanadra Case

Reports

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.