International Human Rights Committee has turned down claims presented by Christianity Solidarity Organization (CSO) accusing Sudan of practicing slavery in the North. Similarly the Committee has dropped SOAT organization charges alleging torture against defendants convicted on journalist Mohammed Taha Mohammed Ahmed murder crime.
Sudanese HR Advisory Council Rapporteur, Abdel Mone'im Mohammed Taha, yesterday informed journalists that the claims of the said Organizations were rejected, adding, according to the established procedural measures, the party in charge of receiving such claims should cancel any baseless claims without making re-course to the country concerned.
Taha commented that the Christianity Solidarity Organization has stirred the issue of slavery in Sudan many times to the extent that it fabricated a TV footage on the subject.
In response to SOAT claim, the Rapporteur pointed out that the court has dismissed the indicts claim of torture upon lack of evidence, adding that, besides taking indicts' statements, the court has issued its verdict depending on many evidences that include the documents presented, crime tools and witnesses' testimonies. He further added that the defendants were allowed the right of self defense through more than one lawyers as well as the right of appeal.
He remarked that the defendants who were under age were transferred to juvenile courts.