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Date: 30.01.2013
Subject: war crimes accused visits European countries
Your Highness
We, Sudanese intellectuals in Europe, have been much worried about the recent visit of Dr. Nafie Ali Nafie, assistant President of the Republic of Sudan, to Denmark and Sweden. Dr. Nafie is by far the most brutal security official the Sudan has ever seen. His name is coupled with notorious crimes committed in our country. He has been the chief of the internal security organization of the regime. This organization used to practice various acts of torture in the notorious ghost houses, where leading regime opponents, among them many trade unionists, doctors and university professors, have been cruelly tortured until death. Even his former colleague at the University of Khartoum Farouk Mohammed Ibrahim, a former science professor and government critic was arrested and tortured by him.
Dr. Nafie is a strong man in a regime whose president is accused of committing crimes of war. The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued arrest warrants for Omar Al-Bashir for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes in Darfur. The warrants were issued in 2009 and 2010.
Dr. Nafie has expelled international aid agencies from eastern Sudan, Nuba Mountains of Kordofan, Darfur and Blue Nile provinces. He is using food as a weapon and exposing innocent people in these areas to starvation and death. His regime is bombarding women and children in these provinces restlessly.
Your Highness
We think that such people should not be allowed to visit Europe.
We would like to request you to help in bringing the accused to the ICC, put the Sudanese government under pressure to allow food access to the Buba mountains, to allow return back of the international agencies and respect basic human rights and restore democracy in our country.
Mohammed Alhalengy
Human Rights and Refugees Affairs
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