9 Arbitrary Arrest Through the field monitors and focal people on the ground, HUDO managed to gather credible information about arbitrary arrests. The arrests were carried out mainly by MI, NISS in the two states where the state of emergency was declared. In Khartoum (KRT), the arrests are carried out by NISS and police. The arrested people were mainly unarmed civilians from different villages and towns. Most of them were accused of associating or supporting the SPLA-N. The findings about arbitrary arrests are given below. 9.1 Arbitrary Arrest in South Kordufan Arrest of a trader in Tabassa On 30th March 2016, Kabashi Mohammed Jomaa, 58 years old trader, was arrested in Tabassa village by MI. He was transferred to Al-Abbasiya where he spent some days in MI custody and was visited once by his family. There after he was transferred to Rashad town at MI custody where he is currently held. An attempt from his mother and sister to visit him was denied and according to HUDO sources he is under torture and ill-treatment. Arrest of community leaders On 31st March 2016, Tagali community leader (Ommda) of Tagali tribe/ Nuba Mr. Mahmoud Idriss Alzaibaq was arrested in Al-Abbasiya town by NISS for one day and released on condition that he reports to NISS office daily. The interrogation was about his support and assistance to the IDPs in Abbasiya town. He reported to NISS office for one month before being freed. On 21st November 2016, MI arrested Omer Yousif, 50years old in Al-Abbasiya. He is a community leader, social activist and a member of the high committee of Sanadra massacre. The committee was founded for gathering the efforts and finance from different Tagali residents in order to support the victims and to pay the expenses of AlSanadra trial lawyers. He was interrogated about the activities of the committee, which embassies they had met in Khartoum and what they said to embassies. He was released on 24th November 2016. Arrest of three people in Abbasiya On 15th June 2016, MI in Al Abbasiya arrested three people including an old man while they were on a visit. The arrested people are: 1. Hamid Ibrahim Taweer, 73 years old, retired civil servant. 2. Ibrahim Adam Kalaka, 52 years old, engineer. 3. Muamar Elsaeed Agoumy, 37 years old self-employed. The three were arrested by MI from the house of Abakar Belo at Al-Ommda Neighborhood in Al Abbasiya South Kordufan. They were taken to the military base and they could not be accessed by visitors. 6