(RSF/IFEX) – Hussein Khogali, the publisher and editor-in-chief of the private, Arabic-language daily “Alwan”, was released on 5 January 2005 after more than a month in detention. The police held him secretly in Khartoum’s Kober prison from 22 November to 18 December 2004, allowing him no contact with either his lawyer or family. The police […]
(RSF/IFEX) – Hussein Khogali, the publisher and editor-in-chief of the private, Arabic-language daily “Alwan”, was released on 5 January 2005 after more than a month in detention. The police held him secretly in Khartoum’s Kober prison from 22 November to 18 December 2004, allowing him no contact with either his lawyer or family.
The police then moved Khogali to a military hospital because he suffers from an abdominal hernia. At the hospital, he was guarded by two members of the National Security Agency (NSA) and was allowed to receive visits from his wife. Occasional visits by other family members were also allowed. Khogali was held under Article 31 of the National Security Act, which empowers the security forces to detain persons for up to six months without charge.
