Inhuman treatment in Khartoum North
On 14th October 2015, the public order police force conducted a campaign against local
alcohol sellers at the brick kilns area which is located at the suburb of Om Doum in
Khartoum North. The Majority of the people living in this area and working as casual
labours, are IDPs from SK and South Sudanese refugees.
This was not the first time to carry out such campaign in this area. While carrying out
this operation they always arrest people, beat them and take fines from them without
following court procedures.
This time the police surrounded the area from all sides a part from the riverside (Blue
Nile). The police started beating people randomly using whips and gun butts while
insulting them. This forced the victims to run towards the river where some drowned and
others survived by swimming across as the list below indicates;
Names of people who drowned
1. Eisa Ali Bakheit, male, 30 years.
2. Salwa Ali kuku, female, 34 years.
3. Fatima Ali Elnaw, female, 45 years.
4. Ashoul Lowal, female, 40 years
5. Rowaina Dawod, female infant, one year old. (Had drowned in the river).
Names of survivors
1) BadreldeinHamdan, male, 31 years.
2) Basheir Kamal, male, 30 years.
3) Ibrahim Ishag, Male, 30 years
4) Lushiah Peter, female, 45 years.
5) MunirahIsmaeil, female, 32 years.
6) Mohamed Alamein, male, 36years.
Shortly after the incident, relatives of the drowned people went to Om Doum police
station and reported. Up to date there are two cases under investigation.
Sudanese authority demolished two churches at Omdurman
On 21st and 28th Oct. 2015 the combined troops of National intelligence and security
service (NISS), Police, land registration authority and locality’s officer destroyed two
churches in Althawra(square 29 and square 61) which are located in Karari locality of
Omdurman town at Khartoum state, without any legal ground.
Althawra’s (square 29) Church incident: On 21st Oct. 2015 the soldiers armed with
teargas accompanied with land registration authorities and Karari locality authorities
came to the church on twelve (12) vehicles and two (2) bulldozers. On arrival, the
soldiers surrounded the church, threw the teargas canisters to disperse the people who
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