Senior Eritrean Opposition Leaders Detained by Sudanese Authorities
2016-02-03 10:23:39 Written by By EPDP Information Office Published in EPDP News Read 2637 times-
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It is now confirmed that, Mr. Hussein Khalifa , chairman of the Eritrean Liberation Front (ELF) and also chairman of the central council of the Eritrean Democratic Alliance(EDA), was detained by the Sudanese security in Khartoum on Saturday, 30 January, 2016.
Also detained in Kassala, Sudan, later that day was his leadership colleague in the ELF, Mr. Abdalla Hamdoi. The Sudanese authorities have not disclosed any information about the reasons for the unexpected arrests.
The news was first reported on 2 February 2016 by Adoulis, a usually reliable Eritrean website, and later confirmed to the EPDP by Mr. Hassan Assad, deputy chairman of the ELF.
The Sudanese government is a close friend of the repressive dictatorship in Eritrea and fears among many Eritreans are that the Asmara regime could be behind this latest action against Eritrean freedom fighters.
It is also to be recalled that four years ago this month (on 14 February 2012, to be specific), Mr. Mohammed Ali Ibrahim, a leadership member of the Eritrean People's Democratic Party (EPDP), "disappeared" in Kassala, Sudan, and was later reportedly seen in one of the 360 prisons of Eritrean regime. It was seriously alleged that Sudanese security elements collaborated with the agents of the Eritrean regime in his "disappearance”.
Mohammed Ali Ibrahim Woldemariam Bahlibi Teklebrahan G/Tsadiq
Likewise, Sudanese security personnel were behind the "disappearance" in Kassala 24 years ago - on 26 April, 1992, to be exact - of Messrs Woldemariam Bahlibi and Teklebrahan G/Tsadiq, both executive committee members at that time of the ELF- Revolutionary Council. During the 1990s, they were seen in Eritrean prisons but to this day remain without any trace as to where they are or what happened to them in the hands of the Eritrean authorities.
It is a known fact that a large number of Eritreans opposed to the dictatorship in Asmara have been kidnapped from the Sudanese and disappeared after actually having been seen in one of the Eritrean dungeons.
