Mutasim Hamid: Tortured to Death

Posted on February 25, 2008
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He was just a student:

Students Mutawakil Mohamed Osman (engineering), Ali Mohamed Ali (education), Omer Osman (economics) were brutalized. The Medani security officers tortured, in particular, student Ali Mohamed Ali who witnessed the tortures of several colleagues, including the immediate death of student Mutasim Hamid AbulGasim (computer science) as a result of brutal tortures by police and security officers.

The authorities’ assault on the students occurred at the College of Education during scheduled discussions by the Students Democratic Front as a part of students’ campus activities.

I have never blogged or told stories about what university students in Sudan had to endure during the horrifically heinous 90’s. This doesn’t even begin to tell it.

Maybe I will eventually, but only if I’m tranquil enough to write something coherent. Meanwhile, dear Sudanese readers, you may share some of yours in the comments.

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2 Responses to “Mutasim Hamid: Tortured to Death”

  1. asma ana on February 26th, 2008 4:01 am

    I will not go into so many details, but I was once a “guest” of the notorious Amni Sudan. I was kept in a house, just opposite St.Francis Primary School, near the General Army HQ. Later I was taken to a ghost house off Baladiya street, just near the British Embassy. Later I was taken to Kober prison in the west wing, where all the political prisoners were kept. I wasn’t charged with anything, but was in detention for over two weeks. I was slapped and kicked and that was it.

    But there were people inside who had been tortured and were so traumatized that they couldn’t talk. At Kober, almost all nationalities were represented. There were Camerounians, Nigerians, Chadians, Congolese, Ugandans, Algerians, Egyptians and a Yemeni.

    I was asked many times by the Amni Sudan goons if I knew John Garang, whether my father was a secret member of the SPLA. They had nothing on me and one day I was told to park my things and go home. Just like that. Being an “evil Junubi” my family thought I was already dead. I still remember the day I walked home. Everyone thought I was a ghost. Soon after, through my family’s connections, I bailed out of Sudan.

  2. Drima on February 26th, 2008 4:14 am

    Good for you Asma. :)

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