Sudanese woman detained, risks torture

Index Number: AFR 54/015/2011
Date Published: 1 June 2011
Categories: Sudan

A Sudanese woman, Hawa Abdallah, who works for the joint United Nations and African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID), has been held incommunicado since 6 May, when she was arrested for “Christianizing” children and being linked to an armed opposition group. She is at risk of torture and other ill-treatment.