SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Guardian - Violent abductions target Sudanese civilians in aftermath of coup

28/10/2021: Guardian - Violent abductions target Sudanese civilians in aftermath of coup

The Guardian report that dozens of Sudanese politicians, journalists and activists have been swept up by army officers since the military coup.

Among those arrested included: Yasir Arman, a political adviser to Sudan’s detained prime minister, Abdalla Hamdok, alongside his politically inactive younger brother.

The wave of arrests targeted journalists, including manager of the al-Democrati newspaper El-Haj Warrag, and Faiz el-Sailik, a former Hamdok adviser arrested after condemning the coup on Al-Jazeera. He was not allowed to take his medications to a suspected Rapid Support Forces (RSF) prison.

Maher Abugoukh, who manages political programmes on Sudanese state TV, was arrested and his whereabouts are unknown, likewise for Siddig al-Mahdi of the National Ummah Party.

Human rights lawyer Jehanne Henry said: “Sudan’s security forces are yet again cracking down on protesters with extreme violence in the streets and they are rounding up political leaders and activists by the hour.”