207 West Darfur detainees entered their fifth day of hunger strike yesterday, in protest against being detained illegally in poor conditions without a fair trial. In El Fasher, North Darfur, a man was raided and killed by state police forces last week.
A number of people who have been in detention since August, allegedly for political reasons, have been released according to the Darfur Bar Association in cooperation with the Defence Team for Detainees in West and North Darfur.
The Darfur Bar Association (DBA) announced that 350 Darfuris are illegally detained in prisons throughout Sudan. This figure includes 12 minors. All were detained without any legal justification, mostly by infamous the Rapid Support Forces (RSF).