A new Ghost House in Khartoum

A New Ghost House has been located and reported by a recent detainee who was tortured there on 12/25/18 (Xmas Day). 

Abdelrahim Abayazid was arrested at one of many rallies that never stopped since 12/19, and he was taken to that place along with around 25 activists.

Thanks to Google Maps that identified and located the place to share with human rights groups and UN.
It's located in Khartoum, Amarat Extension on Street #57 at the far eastern side next to a gas station on Africa Street. Abdelrahim provided a sketch of the place that looks like one of many new Ghost Houses created over the past few months.

The Group Against Torture in Sudan-GATS is planning to update the Human Rights Commission of the US Congress and discuss the mass detention, public torture, and tens of killing of peaceful demonstrators.

Write for Rights

In one hour, five activists got together today @ Jones Library in Amherst and wrote 22 different Letters of Solidarity to 6 human rights activists around the world. 

Gloria, Fanny, Erwin, and Martha  busy writing letters of solidarity with Sudan peace activists

This included Ahmad Mahmoud who has been detained in one of the Ghost Houses of Sudan, torture centers run by the regime of Sudan. We encourage you to take action and visit Amnesty page of Write for Rights

Sudan's Day Against Torture

Remembering Dr. Ali Fadul 

in his 26th anniversary of his death under torture 

You are not forgotten...

When a President caught lying

President Omer Bashir, head of the Islamist regime in Sudan caught lying to media that there was no Ghost Houses or torture in Sudan "It's just lies"
When he said this to media, there was 171 detained political prisoner in one Ghost House in Khartoum, less than a quarter of a mile from his office where the infamous Citibank Ghost House is located

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This footage was also included in the Amnesty International documentary "A Scared nation" released in 1994

Manshiya: A new Ghost House in Khartoum

Source: Alrakouba News

02-28-2016 03:54 AM

الراكوبة- الخرطوم علمت (الراكوبة) من مصادر واسعة الاطلاع؛ ان عمليات تعذيب واسعة تجري؛ لبعض النشطاء السياسيين؛ في احدى الواجهات التابعة لجهاز امن البشير؛ بضاحية المنشبة شرقي الخرطوم.

وقالت المصادر إن عمليات التعذيب تشمل الجنسين.

في وقت ابلغ فيه احد ضباط الشرطة (الراكوبة) بعدما اشترط حجب اسمه؛ عن تعرض بعض الفتيات لعمليات تعذيب رهيبة. وقال الضابط إنه سمع أثناء مروره ليلاً؛ قبل نحو شهر؛ صراخ بعض الفتيات من داخل احد المنازل في ضاحية المنشيه بالخرطوم؛ لافتا الى ان المشهد نفسه تكرر في اليوم الثاني؛ واضاف: "عندما حاولت الدخول الى المنزل المعني لمعرفة مايجري تم منعي وتهديدي بشكل حاسم؛ بحجة ان عناصر الامن والتي ترابط داخل سور المنزل؛ يمكن ان تقوم بالكيد له.

وقال الضابط إنه تحدث مع عدد من زملائه الضباط عن ما سمعه؛ لكنهم حذروه وأخطروه أنهم مروا وشاهدوا وسمعوا بمواقف كثيرة مشابهة؛ وقالوا له إن هناك بيوتاً كثيرة داخل الاحياء السكنية يسمع منها أصوات صراخ؛ يعتقد أنها بيوت أشباح.

وقال الضابط إنه اذعن لرأي زملائه؛ تفاديا لغضبة الادارة؛ ونسي الامر.

واضاف: مررت بالأمس قرب المنزل المذكور وسمعت أصوات رجال يصرخون من داخل نفس المنزل؛ وهو ما يمكن تفسيره بانه ربما تم اخلاء المنزل من النساء وجيئ ببعض الرجال.

وقال الضابط إن المنزل يقع في المنشية؛ بشارع السفارة القطرية في اتجاه الشرق؛ وتحديدا يمين الشارع اي في المربع الثاني؛ حيث يقع المنزل يساراً في الناصية.

وابلغ بعض المواطنون (الراكوبة) ان عربة يرجح انها تتبع لجهاز امن البشير؛ تقف في الموقف الخاص بالمنزل المذكور؛ ما يؤكد ان المنزل يعتبر احدى واجهات جهاز امن البشير.

ولم يتسن للراكوبة التأكد من هوية المعتقلين؛ بيد ان مصادر اعلامية في الخرطوم؛ رجحت ان يكون المعتقل خاص بالنشطاء السياسيين؛ وانه يمكن ان يكون احد بيوت الاشباح التي يتخذها جهاز اكن البشير وسيلة لتعذيب خصومه السياسيين.

Welcome to Ghost Houses of Sudan on Facebook

In April 2015, Sudanese torture survivors created this important Facebook page, Ghost Houses of Sudan, to add one more source of documentation on the crimes of the Islamists of Sudan.

The page documented so far in Khartoum six Ghost Houses, i.e. Torture Centers as follows:

The Headquarters of the NISS in Khartoum

Specialized torture techniques carried out in this horrific place including electric shock and the use of hallucinating agents.

The infamous Citibank Ghost House

Was in full operation 1989-1995 and currently used for some shady business related to the NISS. It's estimated that over 5000 persons were tortured in this place. The one family house used to hold over 170 detainees at one time in April 1992. Many people were killed under torture in this place including Dr. Ali Fadul.

This torture detention center is located in the heart of Khartoum close to the Presidential Palace (behind this building in this photo below) on the intersection of Baladiya Ave and Makk Nimir St.

The Amara

Amara, literally means a multi-story building. According to visual artist Abdelwahab Babiker who was detained and torture in this place, it's the roof of a building behind the HQ of the NISS and within the army barracks in Khartoum. Mr. Babiker documented that place in this powerful painting that is widely circulated in media

Farouk Cemetry Ghost House

This torture center used to be a house designated for housing students of Cairo University in Khartoum. It;s located to the north side of Faroug cemetery.

Botanical Garden Ghost House

Located in the western part of Khartoum in the Mogran neighborhood (close to the Agricultural Bank).

Alamarat Extension Ghost House

Located on the eastern side of Street 57 and Africa Street (next to the Gas Station).

Medicine Betrayed: Medical Professionals and Torture

Remembering the late Dr. Ali Fadul who died under torture and some of his colleagues who were embedded with the Islamists fabricated his death certificate to look as if was due to malaria....

Physicians for Human Rights Welcomes Effort to Improve U.S. Military’s Guidelines for Health Professionals The Constitution Project has issued a letter outlining recommendations about how to eliminate the participation of health professionals in interrogations and forced-feedings, which include: 

• Physicians should not be involved in abusive practices, including participating in, being present for, condoning, or facilitating torture or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment. 
 

• Physicians should not be directly involved in interrogation, including conducting, participating in, or monitoring interrogation. 
 

• Physicians must maintain the confidentiality of medical information and not provide medical information for use in torture; cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment; or any interrogation. 
 

• Physicians must not treat prisoners for the purpose of returning them to interrogation; torture; or cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment. 
 

• Physicians must report torture, abuse, or coercive treatments including those related to interrogation. 
 

• Physicians must have clinical independence in treating detainees. 

The American Psychological Association (APA) issued a strong statement back in July condemning any of its members who participate in torture.

A very important article by Arthur Levin in this regard was published back in 2007 (see below)

Collective unconscionable: how psychologists, the most liberal of professionals, abetted bush’s torture policy