Sudan Activists Languish in Jail
Behind bars in a Sudanese prison, activists Mohamed Saleh and Ma’ni Mubarak explain their ordeal to Al-Monitor as they serve their one-year sentences, Reem Abbas reports from Medani, Sudan.
MEDANI, Sudan — On June 28, 2011, Mohamed Saleh and Ma'ni Mubarak were attending "Breaths," a three-day cultural forum organized by students at Al-Jazeera University in Medani, 300 kilometers from Sudan's capital, Khartoum. Hailing from Nubia, Mubarak was involved in organizing the section about Nubian heritage and culture, while Saleh attended the performances before leaving in the late afternoon, long before the clashes began.
At about 6 p.m., the students were taking a break before resuming the forum after prayers, when a fight broke out between students from the Islamic Movement and the Democratic Front. The initial scuffle seemed contained, until:
