Sudan: Opposition leader detained without charge: Mariam al-Sadiq al-Mahdi

Date: 22 August 2014

URGENT ACTION

OPPOSITION LEADER DETAINED WITHOUT CHARGE

Mariam al-Sadiq al-Mahdi, deputy leader of Sudan’s National Umma Party (NUP), was arrested on 11 August at Khartoum Airport. She is currently detained without charge in an unknown location.

Mariam al-Sadiq al-Mahdi was arrested on arrival at Khartoum Airport on 11 August having returned from Paris. She had attended a meeting between the NUP and the Sudan Revolutionary Front (SRF), a coalition of armed opposition groups, resulting in a joint agreement between both parties. Her family learned of her arrest when they went to the airport to meet her on arrival and she did not appear. Her husband received a phone call from Mariam informing him that she had been arrested by the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) as she left the plane and that she was now in detention.

Sudan: Opposition leader detained without charge: Mariam al-Sadiq al-Mahdi by Sudanews