05.06.2007 - Source: UK Home Office

Beja Congress (BC) and Rashaida Free Lions (FL) merge to become Eastern Front (EF) ("Operational Guidance Note: Sudan") [ID 24328]

"Though rebel groups have clashed intermittently with government forces in eastern Sudan since 1996, tension has risen in recent years.

In February 2005 it was reported that the Beja Congress (BC) and Rashaida Free Lions (FL) had merged to become the Eastern Front (EF), following their withdrawal from the Cairo talks between the Government and the Sudan National Democratic Alliance (NDA).

Low-level sporadic clashes between the Eastern Front and government forces occurred throughout 2005."

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23.05.2007 - Source: Amnesty International

3 members of Beja Congress arrested, ill-treated and held for 10 weeks at secret locations without being charged ("Annual Report 2007") [ID 20081]

"Ali Hussein Mohammed Omar and two other members of the Beja Congress were arrested in March in Kassala, ill-treated and held for 10 weeks in secret locations without being charged and without access to their families or lawyers."

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06.03.2007 - Source: US Department of State

Kassala State: Several members of Beja Congress arrested without charge by security forces ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2006") [ID 19254]

"On April 4, security forces in Kassala State arrested several members of the Beja Congress without charge; the members were reportedly released six months later. The Sudanese Organization Against Torture (SOAT) claimed the April arrests were part of a crackdown against the Beja Congress in several eastern states that began in March with numerous arrests of members of the Beja Congress. "

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23.05.2006 - Source: Amnesty International

Members of political wing of Beja Congress imprisoned without charge ("Annual Report 2006") [ID 18345]

"Following demonstrations in Port Sudan in which more than 20 people were reportedly killed, 17 members of the political wing of the Beja Congress were detained in January and February. They were released without charge in May and June."

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20.04.2006 - Source: Austrian Centre for Country of Origin and Asylum Research and Documentation

Demonstration by Beja Congress dispersed violently by police; about 26 people killed and 120 party members arrested ("10th European Country of Origin Infomation Seminar Budapest, 1 - 2 December 2005: Final Report on Sudan") [#49770],  [ID 19061]

"In January 2005, at the same time that the Beja Congress withdrew from the NDA, a peaceful demonstration of Beja Congress members took place in Port Sudan. The police reacted with utmost brutality, firing bullets and chasing the demonstrators back into private houses. About 26 people were killed, among them women and children. 120 Beja Congress members were arrested over the next few days."

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08.03.2006 - Source: US Department of State

Turabi and 17 members of the Eastern-based Beja Congress have been released on June 30 ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2005") [#46041],  [ID 12393]

"Unlike in the previous year, there was a decrease in the detention of members of Hassan al-Turabi's Popular Congress Party. On June 30, authorities released Turabi (after 15 months' detention) and 17 members of the Eastern-based Beja Congress (who had been detained for 5 months without charges)."

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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 12394]

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