He was arrested soon after his arrival from Asosa town of Ethiopia where he had gone for a visit. He was taken to SAF premises in Damazin where his phones were confiscated, and he was interrogated and detained for one night. The following day (9th April 2024) he was transferred to Police and a case was filed against him. The case was filed under articles 21, 51 and 55 of Sudan Criminal Penal 1991. Thereafter, he was released on bail but his phones which were confiscated by SAF/MI were not given back to him. According to the interrogation by military, they concluded that Mr. Abdelhakam Yousif had briefly met with an officer of Sudan People Liberation Army – North (Elhelo’s faction) during his visit to Asosa Ethiopia. On 21st April 2024, Mr. Abdelhakam was arrested again by SAF/ MI. On 25th April 2024, Mr. Abdelhakam was sentenced to three months in prison by the security committee basing on the emergency law. He was transported to Roseries prison where he was imprisoned up to 24th July 2024, Mr. Abdelhakam was released after serving his sentence in prison. On 14th August 2024, Mr. Abdelhakam was re-arrested for the third time by SAF and sent back to Roseries prison to serve other three years imprison issued by the security committee. On 13th November 2024, Mr. Abdelhakam was released under condition of not to leave Damazin town without the security committee permission. An activist from Blue Nile said that; I believe the arrest of Mr. Abdelhakam shortly after three (3) weeks of his release from the jail sentence is related to the current war situation whereby, SPLA-N (Elhelo) started military operations within Blue Nile and Mr. Abdelhakam has been considered by the security committee as SPLA-N collaborator. 2.1.13 SAF Arrested Mr. Ali Hajo in Al-Kurmuk On 28th May 2024, the Sudan Armed Force (SAF) in Al-Kurmuk town arrested Mr. Ali Hajo (40 years old, is a government employee and political activist)4 while he was traveling to 4 Mr. Ali Hajo has been regularly arrested by the security agencies. The last time he was arrested was on 26th January 2023, and basing on emergency order he was sentenced to three (3) months imprison without appearing before court and sent to Roseries prison. He was later released on 25th April 2023. This arrest and imprison (of the year 2023) was because of an article he posted on his Facebook page criticizing the appointment of a former SAF/MI commandant in Blue Nile as a head of the reconciliations committee in Blue Nile. In his article, he stated how the commander was responsible for torturing students and activists in Blue Nile during Omer Al-Bashir’s regime and Mr. Hajo was one of his victims. 15