- A Darfuri student was abducted, tortured, and killed by the security forces in Khartoum. From Radio Dabanga:
KHARTOUM (12 Feb) – Students demonstrated in front of the Omdurman hospital were a tortured and killed Darfur student was brought. They chanted slogans against the security organs who allegedly abducted him last Wednesday. The hospital management was fearing violence and refused to return his corpse to his relatives. Yesterday (Thursday) the student was found dead in Omdurman. Mohamed Musa from Kabkebiya (North Darfur), studying at Khartoum University, was abducted last Wednesday from the dormitories in Khartoum near the University of Khartoum where he studies at the Education Faculty. After the mathematics student disappeared in the late afternoon his colleagues started searching. According to the leader of the Darfur Students Union, Osman al Nijami, the corpse of Mohamed Musa was found yesterday and brought to the Omdurman hospital. This morning the Darfur Students Union will request to release the body and has asked for legal support from the Darfur Bar Association. The killing of the students is one of several incidents in a row. Security organs have recently arrested scores of Darfur students who are protesting exclusion from exams. Demonstrators have been detained without charges.
