Dokument #1310882
IRB – Immigration and Refugee Board of Canada (Autor)
In addition to the information on political
developments in Sudan already available at your Regional
Documentation Centre, please find attached several documents that
provide recent information on the situation of the political
opposition in that country. Please note that some of the documents
refer to the National Democratic Alliance (NDA), of which the Umma
party is a member, without specific references to the Umma
party.
The attached documents mention the
detention of some Umma party figures. For a general analysis of
repression patterns and specific cases of opposition members,
please refer to the Africa Confidential article "The Islamic
Front in Power" (attached and listed below), and the attached copy
of the Africa Watch report Sudan: The Ghosts Remain (April
1992) and Sudan: A Human Rights Disaster (March 1990).
One of the attachments, however, states
that the Umma party draws its support from the Ansar Muslim group
and is a conservative force that has cooperated with the ruling
National Islamic Front (Middle East Report Sept.- Oct. 1991,
7).
Africa Confidential [London]. 31
July 1992. Vol. 33, No. 15. "Sudan: Nothing to Celebrate." Miramoor
Publications Ltd.
_____. 22 May 1992. Vol. 33, No. 10.
"Sudan: Empty Words and Pyrrhic Victories." Miramoor Publications
Ltd.
_____. 7 February 1992. Vol. 33, No. 3.
"Sudan: Papering Over the Cracks." Miramoor Publications Ltd.
_____. 12 July 1991. Vol. 32, No. 14.
"Sudan: The Islamic Front in Power." Miramoor Publications Ltd.
Africa Watch. 27 April 1992. News
from Africa Watch. Vol. 4, No. 6. "Sudan - The Ghosts Remain:
One Year after an Amnesty is Declared, Detention and Torture
Continue Unabated." New York: Human Rights Watch.
Africa Watch. March 1990. Denying
"The Honor of Living" - Sudan: A Human Rights Disaster. New
York: Human Rights Watch, pp. 33-35, 59.
Middle East Report [Washington,
D.C.]. September-October 1991. "Sudan Politics & Society: A
Merip Primer."
Sudan Update [London]. 20 August
1992. Vol. 3, No. 24. "Making Way for Others?" and "Partially
Free."
_____. 29 July 1992. Vol. 3, No. 22.
"Changing Patterns of Detention."