On 5th May 2024, Mr. Abdalla was transferred from GIS detention to the central police office in Al-Qadarif11. The case was filed against him under article 177 of Sudan criminal penal 1991 while his items were seized by the GIS. On 8th May 2024, Mr. Abdalla was interrogated again by the police investigator and this time, the complainant was the Real Estate Bank in Al-Qadarif. On 18th May 2024, the police interrogation concluded that the case should be dropped because of lack of evidence. However, Mr. Abdalla was intentionally kept in the police custody under the prosecutor’s order and on 26th May 2024, he was transferred to the state prison in Al-Qadarif. On 1st June 2024, the police submitted the case file to the prosecutor recommending that, the defendant should be released without any condition and to drop the case. But the prosecutor ignored their recommendation and kept renewing Mr. Awad-Eljeed’s detention orders. On 9th September 2024, the magistrate rejected the request for the renewal of detention justifying that, there is no reason to keep the defendant in prison. Accordingly, the defendant was sent back from the prison to the police office. However, the prosecutor appealed the magistrate’s decision and kept the defendant jailed at the police cell. On 23rd September 2024, the reply to the appeal was issued instructing the prosecutor to resend the case file to the lower court with the justification for the extension requested. Since then, the prosecutor has not acted according to the appeal court judge instructions yet the defendant is still incarcerated up to date. During this period, the defendant’s lawyers kept approaching the high prosecutor’s office and appeal to the high court for the release of the defendant but they got no reply/response. A retired prosecutor talked to HUDO Centre saying that, “I believe GIS is behind the long detention of Mr. Abdalla, this is because up to date his seized items remained with them. Secondly, since the May-2024 interrogation (no other interrogation was done) in which the police investigator recommended the case to be dropped because of lack of evidence. However, Mr. Abdalla remained behind the bars. It is only the GIS which can do all this 11 Al-Qadarif city is the capital of Al-Qadarif state which at the eastern part of Sudan bordering Ethiopia. 19