Sudanese government accused of arresting 500 persons without investigation

The annual report of the Arab program activists of the Sudanese human rights said the Sudanese government arrested 500 citizens, including the leaders of political parties, former ministers, engineers, doctors, former generals, former parliamentary members and journalists.

The report said the government fired 42 employees from the Ministry of Agriculture and Information, 26 from radio and television and that it arrested in 1998 30 individuals, most of whom are from the opposition Ummah Party on the charge of explosions and that it arrested 133 prominent persons since assuming the power till now.