Date: Saturday 31 August 2013 To: Samantha Power, United States UN Ambassador Susan Rice, US National Security Advisor Cc: Haile Menkerios, UN Secretary-General.s Special Envoy for Sudan and South Sudan Ambassador Booth, Special Envoy Sudan and South Sudan Sudan Desk, US Department Of State All Human Rights Organizations around the world Subject: Imminent Sham Trial for Sudanese Activist This Sunday September 1, 2013, engineer: Amira Osman Hamid from Sudan, will stand trial for allegedly violating Sudan.s .Ordinance of Public Security # 152.. The ordinance has been introduced to curtail women.s inalienable rights and to impose on them an Islamic code of dress. Ms. Amira Osman Hamid has sent an appeal to all human rights activists saying: .My name is Amira Osman Hamid. I am a Sudanese woman. I am an electronic engineer. I refused targeting Sudanese women by the Public Order Law, which considers women as problematic actors. I have been punished by this law several times .Public Order Law Article 152.. Last week I was arrested by the public order police in Jabel Awlea, South Khartoum. I was kept in Jail for hours, and then they released me on bail. My court will be on Sunday 1st September 2013 at 09:00 am at Jabel Awlea court. I invite you all to come and attend my court. Thank you.. Amira Osman Hamid. These transgressions have been faced with courageous resistance by Sudanese scores of women activists from different walks of life. The UN office in Khartoum and international human rights organizations have often intervened to support victims of this degrading ordinance. We the undersigned Sudanese women and supporters of Ms. Amira Osman Hamid, wholeheartedly condemn the Sudan .Ordinance of Public Security.. We call upon your honor and urge complicity in averting the forthcoming mockery trial.
Posted on: Sat, 31 Aug 2013 21:28:57 +0000
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