19.03.2008 - Source: World Organisation Against Torture

Khartoum: 4 Ethiopian Christian refugees arrested and forcibly disappeared ("New wave of arrests of Ethiopian refugees and enforced disappearance [SDN 190308]") [ID 23331]

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11.03.2008 - Source: US Department of State

Houses occupied by Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees or migrants raided by police; beating of refugees by police ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2007") [ID 22821]

"Throughout the year police conducted sporadic raids on houses occupied by Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees or migrants; police reportedly beat the refugees and used tear gas."

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11.03.2008 - Source: US Department of State

Government does not provide sufficient protection to Ethiopian asylum seekers: list of deportations of Ethiopians and of attacks on Ethiopian asylum seekers ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2007") [ID 23228]

"The law provides for the granting of asylum or refugee status in accordance with the 1951 UN Convention relating to the Status of Refugees and its 1967 protocol, but the government has not established a system for providing protection to refugees.

In practice the government did not provide protection against "refoulement," the forced return of persons to a country where there is reason to believe they feared persecution.

On September 27, the government deported at least 15 Ethiopian refugees to Ethiopia; the deportation occurred despite government promises to UNHCR not to refoule additional refugees following an August 7 deportation of Ethiopian refugees.

UNHCR expressed concern that Sudan had not met its international humanitarian obligations to ensure protection and avoid forcible returns of legitimate asylum seekers and refugees.

The government had not responded to UNHCR requests about the welfare of the remaining refugees at year's end.

In May 2006 the NISS forced the deportation of four Ethiopians who were seeking asylum in the country.

The four refugees were members of the Coalition for Unity and Democracy, an Ethiopian opposition group, and faced prosecution for treason and the death penalty in Ethiopia.

After authorities attacked a group of Ethiopian refugees in December 2006, several Ethiopian refugees barricaded themselves in front of the UNHCR office in Khartoum; police arrested them in February.

Throughout the year security forces in Khartoum North and Damazine targeted Ethiopian refugees by raiding their houses, beating them, and using tear gas against them.

In July security forces in Khartoum arrested several hundred Ethiopian and Eritrean refugees.

According to Amnesty International, many of the detainees were recognized refugees or asylum seekers."

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06.03.2007 - Source: US Department of State

Khartoum: Ethiopian refugees consistently targeted by security forces in 2006 ("Country Report on Human Rights Practices 2006") [ID 19411]

"Throughout the year, security forces in Khartoum North targeted Ethiopian refugees by raiding their houses, beating them, and using tear gas against them. After an attack on December 11, several Ethiopian refugees barricaded themselves in front of the UNHCR office in Khartoum, where they remained at year's end (see section 1.c.)."

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