: The job was simple: drive his truck from war-torn Khartoum to Al-Jazira state south of Sudan's capital. Othman Hassan was grateful for the work, until he came to a paramilitary checkpoint.
They were whipped until one man, whom Hassan judged to be the commander, ordered them to stop. And then the “interrogation” began. Hassan can attest to that. After two weeks, he was dumped by the side of the road, but never found out why he had been released. “They threatened to kill me,“ said the 35-year-old, who was accused of being “an army spy” and “an Islamist” from the regime of former dictator Omar al-Bashir.
The lawyers report that indignities suffered by detainees include severe overcrowding, no access to toilets and the withholding of water in the stifling heat.Former detainees from centres run by both sides reported “threats of rape”, “repeated rape”, and “one inmate being killed for resisting”. “On July 15 there was a knock on the door. I opened it and found six paramilitary soldiers” perched on a pick-up truck mounted with a turret, he told AFP.“The days went by, and I got to know the other detainees,“ he recounted.The army and the RSF have denied any ill-treatment of those they have captured, stating repeatedly that their troops act in accordance with humanitarian standards.
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