BN governor denied Blue Nile IDPs right to aid On 27th August 2016, a delegation consisting of the governor (BN), BN state minister of planning and Damazin locality governor visited the IDPs camp in Alshaheed Afandi where the shelters/ huts had been flooded and damaged by the heavy rains. Soon after the delegation‟s tour, the BN governor announced that “those IDPs do not deserve any aid because they are in unplanned/ random area”. 12.3 IDPs A family house confiscated (seized) by authority On 17th July 2016, Mrs. Hayat Elrehaima Teeya Kafi , 46 years old, wife of Nasir, IDP from Nuba Mountains was arrested by police of Shandi locality for selling alcohol. She spent one night in police custody and the second day she was sent to the court where the judge found her innocent and released her. The same day, police with the prosecutor came together to Nasir‟s house with a revised order (appendix - 3) based on the orders issued by the locality governor since May 2016 (appendix - 2) and forced them to evacuate (leave) the house. The family is currently renting another house and they appealed the public order to the constitutional court and no feedback yet. Church demolition notice On 1st August 2016, Alhaj Yousif Christ church authorities received a warning notice from the land authorities in Khartoum state of demolishing the church and they were given one week to evacuate/relocate otherwise further legal procedures were to be taken and the church would pay the demolition costs. The given reason was illegal building/structure (Appendix- 4). The church is in the neighborhood of Khartoum North and it was built on this land in 1976 where more than three hundred people have been gathering to fellowship/worship regularly ever since. By the time of writing this report, the legal adviser of the church challenged the demolition order in administration court. 28