Sherif Muhammad Othman
Cases- Case status
- Unknown
- Location of case in SG report
- 2022-071-002
- Relevant SG report
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 12.862807
Longitude: 30.217636
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Sudan
- From Region
- UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
- UN Peace Operation / Political mission
- Dates of prior UN action
- 5 November 2021
- Type of record
- Named individual
- Gender
- Male
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Individual's/organization's activity
members of the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC)
- Type of rights defended
- Unclear in SG Report
- Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
On 4 November 2021, three members of the meeting with the SRSG at UNITAMS’s headquarters in Khartoum to discuss political developments in Sudan, including implications for the transition following the military coup.
- Engagement with UN body
- Other
- Dates of engagement
- 4 November 2021
- Type of attempted engagement
- Meeting with UN officials during country visit / with locally present UN officials
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- 4 November 2021
- Location of mentioned reprisals
- Khartoum
- Reprisal information
On 4 November 2021, three members of the Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC), Messrs. Taha Othman Ishaq, Sherif Muhammad Othman, and Hamza Farouk, were arrested shortly after meeting with the SRSG at UNITAMS’s headquarters in Khartoum to discuss political developments in Sudan, including implications for the transition following the military coup. The meeting was attended by several members of the FFC, most of whom had been in hiding prior due to threats of arrest and violence by state security forces. The three FFC members were arrested close to the UNITAMS headquarters and detained for three weeks, when they were released along with other political detainees. During their arrest, they were reportedly asked about their meeting at UNITAMS and the nature of the information they shared. UNITAMS issued a statement on 5 November condemning the arrest and urging the authorities to release them immediately.
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Detention/Imprisonment: Detention/Imprisonment - General
- Alleged/likely perpetrators
- State actors
- Was the reprisal based on new legislation?
- No
- Does the report make general comment about country’s environment for engagement with UN?
- No
- Was the case raised by a State at the UN?
- No
- Is the country cited for a "pattern of reprisal" in the context of this case?
- No
- Is a pattern of reprisals mentioned otherwise in the context of this case?
- No
- Does the report cite "self-censorship" as an issue in the context of this case?
- No
- How many times has the case been followed up in subsequent SG reports?
- 0