Sudanese Internet activist and lawyer Abdel Hakim Abdel Rahman Nasr was arrested in a raid on his house on the night of March 5 – and released March 11. Nasr was detained only a few hours after he expressed his support for the International Criminal Court arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on the online International Forum for Nubia, where he is a moderator. In this chilling post [Ar], on the forum which is now open to members only, Nasr details his arrest: On his treatment during his detention, Nasr writes: Nasr then details how he was woken up from his sleep by one of 11 men who raided his home: The men then took him through a few villages, changed cars and stopped to pray. Nasr recalls:
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Sudan: Chilling Account of the Arrest of an Online Activist
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