HUDO Centre 14. Mrs. Salwa Barnita Elamin. 15. Mr. Shaga Tiya. Immediately after the arrest campaign, the community leader/ Mayor of Al-Kewaik (Omda/ Ibrahim Ramadan) approached the SAF commandant in Al-Kewaik seeking to release the detainees but it was not possible. Instead, the detainees were transferred to Kadogli military headquarters where they were brutally tortured, intimidated and abused verbally with racist words. On 9th April 2024, the families and community of detainees got reliable information that four (4) of the detainees had died under torture. This was later confirmed by the Kadogli military high commandant. According to this military commander, the dead detainees were buried by SAF. There was no dead body that received by their families and no burial location that could be traced. The names of the four (4) dead victims are; Mr. Ramadan Abduelrahman, Mr. Omer Musa, Mr. Waheib Abdalla and Mr. Hassabo Mohammed. After the news of detainees dying under detention, a group of activists and community leaders intensified their demand for releasing the other detainees and they succeeded. On 11th April 2024, the remaining eleven (11) detainees were unconditionally released by SAF in Kadogli with clear marks of torture on their bodies. On 25th April 2024, Mr. Shaga Tiya died as a result of the torture injuries inflicted by SAF soldiers while in custody. Others are still in bad health condition like Mr. Ibrahim Edris who is up to date receiving treatment at his home due to torture wounds on his head. Mr. Shams Al-Haq and others are currently suffering from different traumas. An activist from Kadogli spoke to the HUDO Centre saying that, “The SAF in South Kordofan State/ Nuba Mountains arrests civilians and accusing them basing on ethnic grounds. They accuse Nuba ethnic groups of collaborating with the SPLA-N, while the collaboration with the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) is imposed on the Arab ethnic groups’’. Al-Kewaik is the capital of Elraif Elsharqi locality of South Kordufan State/ Nuba Mountains. Its location is about 40 km North of Kadogli city along the highway that connects the city with Dilling and Obeid cities. HUDO Centre is very concerned about the safety of civilians in Sudan during this difficult period of the Conflict/ fighting between SAF and RSF and calls for the following: