Sudan: Further information: High-profile Sudanese activist released: Magdi Aqasha

Index AI : AFR 54/030/2012
Date de publication : 10 juillet 2012
Catégorie(s) : Soudan

Magdi Aqasha, leader of the prominent Sudanese activist group (Youth for Change), was released on 2 July following detention in offices of the National Security Services (NSS), during which he was beaten and otherwise ill-treated. He faces criminal charges in relation to his activism, but is now free.