HUDO Centre Date: 7th February 2025 No.: H.K/PS/04/025 PRESS STATEMENT THE DOUBLE ARREST OF MR. SAIF-ELNASR BY SECURITY ORGANS IN DAMAZIN, SUDAN On 25th January 2025, GIS arrested Mr. Saif-Elnasr Min-Alla in Damazin. They later released him the following day only to be re-arrested by JSC. Thereafter, JSC released him after spending other night in their custody. The reason behind the arrest was a telephone call on Aljazeera TV show by another person who identified himself as Saif-Elnasr. On 25th January 2025, the General Intelligence Service (GIS) in Damazin city arrested Mr. Saif-Elnasr Min-Alla from his house and took him to their office where he spent one night being interrogated. He was released the following day (26th January 2025). Soon after his release, he was arrested again by the Joint Security Cell (JSC) and taken to their office. Mr. Saif was interrogated again before being released on 27th January 2025. The reason for the two arrests was a phone call made by a person who identified himself as Saif-Elnasr to Aljazeera TV during a show in which this person complained about the miserable situation that the residents and IDPs in Damazin face while the state and central government ignoring them. Also, he had sent a message to the head of the sovereign council Gen. Abduelfatah Alburhan requesting him to stop the war. Mr. Saif-Elnasr Min-Alla Mahmoud (43 years old) is the manager of Jisr Alsalam Organization (Peace Bridge Organization) in Damazin (the capital city of) Blue Nile State. The JSC is a brutal joint security organ that was established six (6) months ago in Blue Nile State. HUDO Centre is concerned about the safety and security of civilians in Sudan during this difficult period of fighting between SAF and RSF and calls for the following:  The security committee in Blue Nile State to investigate the circumstances that led to the arrest of Mr. Saif-Elnasr Min-Alla and make the report public.  The JSC to stop the arrest of civilians.  The prosecutor in Blue Nile State to ensure rule of law conduct. End: For more information, please write to hudo2009@gmail.com