05.01.2006 - Source: International Crisis Group

Ostsudan: Spezialeinheiten der Regierung gingen mit exzessiver Gewalt gegen Demonstranten in Port Sudan vor, die vermutlich Mitglieder des Beja Congress waren ("Sudan: Saving Peace in the East") [#41464],  [ID 20297]

"On 26 January 2005 a group believed to be from the Beja Congress organised a peaceful demonstration in Port Sudan and presented a list of demands to the governor of the Red Sea State, including that the government recognise the Beja Congress based in Asmara as the legitimate representative of the Beja people, negotiate with it directly on power and wealth sharing and provide jobs in the Port and throughout the East for the Beja.69 The demonstrators demanded an answer within 72 hours, and on 29 January, a crowd gathered in Deim al Arab and other Beja neighbourhoods and started to march towards the governor’s office. Before they could get far, the police intervened, sparking violent clashes.70 Government special forces then used extreme force, firing indiscriminately into Beja homes or at anyone wearing traditional Beja dress.71 “Security forces had to protect the port and oil reservoirs”, said Abdel Rahim Mohamed Hussein, the interior minister, attempting to justify the deaths of over twenty people and the wounding of hundreds.72 Protests were held in Kassala and other cities in the East, and the government detained more than 150 members of the Beja Congress throughout the region, including Abdallah Musa, the secretary general in the Red Sea State."

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06.07.2005 - Source: Amnesty International

9 men (members of the Beja ethnic group) who were arrested following demonstrations in January 2005 in Port Sudan, released ("Further Information on UA 27/05") [#33751],  [ID 20308]

"Alle 17 oben genannten Männer sind inzwischen wieder auf freiem Fuß. Wie inzwischen bekanntgeworden ist, kam Dr. Mahmoud Osman Ibrahim bereits im April dieses Jahres frei. Die übrigen Männer wurden am 30. Juni 2005 nach fast sechs Monaten ohne Anklage oder Prozess aus der Haft entlassen. Der sudanesische Staatspräsident versprach an dem Tag, alle politischen Gefangenen freizulassen und den landesweiten Ausnahmezustand aufzuheben, der aber in Darfur und dem Ostteil des Landes weiter in Kraft bleibt. [...]Die meisten der Festgenommenen kamen kurze Zeit später [nach den Demonstrationen, Anm. ACCORD] wieder frei, die oben genannten Männer jedoch nicht."

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08.03.2005 - Source: Amnesty International

Eastern Sudan: Several members of Beja ethnic group arrested between 29 January and 13 February 2005; many of them released, but 8 men remain in incommunicado detention at undisclosed locations ("Sudan - Further Information on UA 27/05") [#29937],  [ID 20300]

"Zwischen dem 29. Januar und 13. Februar 2005 nahm der Geheimdienst zahlreiche Angehörige der Volksgruppe der Beja fest. Am 3. März 2005 erklärte das staatliche Sudanesische Medienzentrum, dass 199 der Festgenommenen freigelassen worden seien und vier Personen vor Gericht gestellt würden. amnesty international liegen außerdem die Namen acht weiterer Männer vor, die weiterhin an unbekannten Haftorten ohne Kontakt zur Außenwelt festgehalten werden."

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02.02.2005 - Source: Amnesty International

9 men of the Beja ethnic group and scores of others are reportedly being held at national security offices in the cities of Port Sudan and Kassala, Red Sea State, Eastern Sudan; some of them were reportedly tortured while in detention ("Sudan - UA 27/05") [#28793],  [ID 12343]

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01.02.2005 - Source: Integrated Regional Information Network

Port Sudan: At least 25 demonstrators killed and about 100 others wounded after police shot at protestors of Beja ethnic group during two days of riots ("Sudan: Scores killed during riots in Port Sudan") [#36715],  [ID 20311]

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31.01.2005 - Source: Amnesty International

Eastern Sudan: Security forces reportedly attacked houses after clashes with Beja demonstrators in Port Sudan ("Those responsible for indiscriminate Port Sudan killings must be brought to justice [AFR 54/014/2005]") [ID 20299]

"Armed security forces reportedly used live ammunition against a demonstration which had reportedly turned violent on Saturday 29 January. They then attacked houses outside the area of the demonstrations, reportedly throwing grenades inside the houses and wounding residents, including children."

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29.01.2005 - Source: BBC News

Eastern Sudan: According to provincial governour, demonstrators of local Beja community in Port Sudan looted shops, burned cars and engaged in clashes with police ("Protesters die in Sudan clashes") [#36712],  [ID 20298]

"The provincial governor, Maj Gen Hatim al-Wasilah al-Sammani, said protesters were on their way to discuss their demands with tribal leaders when violence broke out, AFP news agency reported.

"Instead of coming for the meeting, they staged riots in which shops were looted and cars were burned, and they engaged in clashes with the riot police and security men, who at first used batons and tear gas to disperse the demonstrators and then they had to use firearms," AFP quoted Gen Sammani as saying."

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