HUDO Centre o On behalf of the 5th (Al-sadiq Mohammed Rahma), 8th (Alhadi Abdelrahman Ibrahim Almahdi), 9th (Ahmed Abdelgadir Salah Mohammed) and 10th (Alzaki Saleh Alzaki Mohammed) defendants, they are innocent and they do not have any relation with the incident and we have witnesses in proving that. B. The lawyer/ Yousif Gebreil replied on behalf of the 6th Defendant (Bardab Mohammed Abakar) and 7th defendant (Osman Mohammed Osman) that, they are innocent and they were not among Al-Sanadra attackers and we have witnesses to prove that. C. The lawyer/ Shain replied on behalf of the 11 th (Hamid Almanzol Ahmed), 12th (Abakar Fadelmowla Suliman), 13th (Saleh Joudat Ibrahim Mohammed) and 14th (Saleh Joudat Ibrahim Mohammed) defendants. That they are not guilty and had not been in Al-Sanadra or among the attackers. That there are witnesses to prove that. At the end of this session, the judge adjourned court to 28th March 2018 at 11:00 AM (Sudan local time) for beginning the hearing of the defendants’ witnesses. Observation Note  The court had avoided to add Article (5) and (6) in Combat Terrorism Act 2001 which was used before against SPLM-N members in Blue Nile Trials and against JEM members in Long Arm operation in 2008.  The court also had avoided to use article (186-A: Crimes against humanity) and (188-1/A: War crimes against individuals) of Criminal Penal which were added by Law-15 in 2009… Recommendations/ Appeals HUDO urges all the concerned, especially:  The Sudan court to conduct the trial fairly  The activists, defenders and 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