Release of blind Darfuri sheikh
The Sudan Change Now Movement is calling for the immediate release of Sheikh Matar Younis, one of the most prominent defenders of the displaced in Darfur, who was detained more than two months ago. “Blind Darfuri sheikh”.

Sheikh Younis, a blind cleric and activist who is over 60 years old, was detained by agents of the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) from his home in the Central Darfur capital of Zalingei on April 2. A few days later he was transferred to Khartoum, where he is still being held in Kober Prison in Khartoum North.

“We are concerned about his life as the sheikh has a weak health,” El Shafee Abdallah, the coordinator of the displaced camps of Central Darfur, told Radio Dabanga in early April. The Sudan Change Now Movement is calling for the immediate release of Sheikh Matar Younis, one of the most prominent defenders of the displaced in Darfur, who was detained more than two months ago.

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