Dr Mudawi bravely spoke up for families fleeing violence in Sudan, as well as on many other human rights issues. Because of this, he is now in prison and is facing the death penalty.
Dr Mudawi was arrested for his human rights
work and held without charge for almost five months. He has now been
charged with six offences, two of which are punishable by life
imprisonment, or worse, death.
He is a Professor of Engineering at the
University of Khartoum. He also founded and is the former director of
the Sudan Social Development Organization. Dr Mudawi won the 2005 Human
Rights First award and the 2005 Front Line Award for Human Rights
Defenders at Risk, for fighting for the rights of others in Sudan.
Witnesses have stated that Dr Mudawi was
tortured in prison including being chained to a pole with his hands
cuffed and his legs shackled, as government agents brutally beat him. Dr
Mudawi went on hunger strike protesting his imprisonment, and even
though he suffers from chronic respiratory and heart complications,
he has only been allowed access to a doctor three times since his
detention in December. He was only allowed to speak to his lawyer for
the first time 77 days after he was imprisoned.
Help defend the brave and sign the petition to release Dr Mudawi Ibrahim Adam.
We will hand in the signatures to the Sudanese
government, demanding they release Dr Mudawi immediately and
unconditionally, asking that they ensure he is not tortured or
mistreated pending his release and that allegations of torture and
ill-treatment in detention are investigated.
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