From: hrcoord@igc.apc.org (Human Rights Coordinator)
Newsgroups: soc.rights.human
Subject: Alert: Korea & Sudan
Date: 8 Oct 92 17:47:00 GMT
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From: Human Rights Coordinator <hrcoord>
Subject: Alert: Korea & Sudan

/* Written 10:13 am  Oct  8, 1992 by geonet@gn.apc.org in igc:omct.sostortur */

Case KOR 071092
At the request of Antenna International, member of our network, we
call upon you to intervene on behalf of the following situation in
Korea.
Brief description of the situation:
Information received from the organisation Stop Torture in Korea
(STIK), has voiced its concern about the incidence of serious human
rights violations and draws attention to the fact that there have been
numerous cases of torture, illegal detention, arrests without warrant
and people held in solitary confinement in connection with two cases
in particular.
1/   On 7 September 1992, Mr. Chun Hee SHIK, aged 34, a former
Chairman of a local branch of the Min-Jung Party, revealed that he had
been severely beaten by a group of National Security Planning Bureau
(NSPB) agents for not reporting that he had received money from Kim
Nak-Chung during the last parliamentary election.  He was arrested
during the afternoon of 4 September 1992, by two NSPB agents who then
forced him to change into a military uniform and then beat him a dozen
times on the body, knocked his head against a wall and broke his back.
Following the incident he reported that he suffered bleeding from his
throat for a day.  According to the information, it would appear that
he was subsequently released, however the exact moment of his release
and his current judicial status are unclear.
2/   At 11.30 pm on 9 September 1992, Mrs Song Hae SOOK, was arrested
without a warrant with her three year old son, Hwang Doo HA on the
grounds that she had failed to report her husband Hwang In HO, for an
alleged breach of the National Security Law.  She was held
incommunicado until 17 September 1992 during which time she was
routinely interrogated in the presence of her son.  During the
interrogation she has reported that she was threatened with torture
and sexual assault and intimidated.  The interrogators are said to
have punched her in the face five or six times and kicked her in the
chest.  She was then transferred to a detention centre while her son
was released into the care of his grandfather on 21 September 1992.
According to the information, it would appear that Mrs Song Hae SOOK's
arrest is connected with the announcement made by the NSPB on 14
September that they had apprehended six members of the South Korea
Workers Party, including Mrs SOOK's husband, Hwang In OH, aged 36, and
five other members of the party.  The information does not make clear
the date on which these arrests took place.
The six have reportedly been charged with espionage and distribution
of North Korean propaganda in violation of the National Security Law.
In addition, Hwang In OH, together with Eun Jae HO, 28 and Choi Ho
KYONG, 25 are also reportedly charged with conspiring to set up the
National Liberation Patriotic Front in July 1991.
The current judicial status of the detainees is unclear.
Action requested:
Please write to the Korean authorities to demand that they put an end
to the use of ill-treatment and torture and that they guarantee the
physical and psychological integrity of all the above mentioned
persons at all times. Insist that they release all the detainees
immediately if no charges can be brought against them.  In the event
that charges can be brought demand that the detainees be tried before
a fair and impartial court and that they have access to legal counsel
of their own choice. Urge them to open thorough and impartial
inquiries into the reports of ill-treatment and torture in order to
identify those responsible and punish them in accordance with the law.
Insist that they ensure the respect for human rights and fundamental
freedoms in the country at all times.
Addresses:
President Roh Tae-woo, President of the Republic of Korea, The Blue
House, 1 Sejong-no Chongno-gu, Seoul, South Korea. Tlx 24651 - 24652 -
24653  //  His Excellency Mr Chung Hae-chang, Minister of Justice,
Ministry of Justice, 1 Chungang-dong Kwachon-Myon, Shihung-gun,
Kyonggi Province, South Korea.
7 October 1992
Please inform us of any action undertaken, (kindly mention the code
number of the appeal in any related correspondence).


Case SDN 071092
At the request of the International Centre for Trade Union Rights
(ICTUR), member of our network, we call upon you to intervene URGENTLY
on behalf of the following situation in Sudan.
Brief description of the situation:
The International Centre for Trade Union Rights has sent us
information regarding the detention and ill-treatment of a number of
Sudanese trade unionists.
According to this information, the Sudanese Security Forces have
detained over 600 Sudanese trade unionists in a new campaign of
repression and intimidation which started around mid-August this year.
Among those who have been detained are:  Yayhia Ali Abd ALLAH, former
deputy-chairman of the General Federation of Sudanese Workers Trade
Union and president of the Health Workers Union; Manallah Abd Al
WAHAB, a member of the Central Committee of the General Federation of
the Sudanese Workers Union, and member of the leadership of the
Textile Workers Union; Al Tahir Al Rgieg Al HAG, a member of the
Executive Committee of the General Federation of the Sudanese Workers
Union; Goudah MAKAM, a member of the Central Committee of the General
Federation of the Sudanese Workers Union; Khamies Koko GAHIR, member
of the Textile Workers union; Mohamed Mohamed TOM, member of the
Central Committee of the General Federation of the Sudanese Trade
Union; Shahib Al Dien Ahmed GAFAAR, the Secretary General of the
Nurses Union in Omdurman Hospital; Dr. Salah Mohamad IDRIS who was
detained along with Dr. Magdi MOHAMADANI and Dr. Hakhtar FADUL on 26
August 1992.  In addition to the above members of various unions, a
number of workers have also been detained, among them: Isam OSMAN,
Omar Mohamed MOKHTEN, Ibrahim Abd El HALIM and Abd El Rahman Abd El
SIED who, according to the information is being subjected to torture
in an attempt to get him to reveal the names of his colleagues.
The information received also mentions the names of four people who
were briefly detained and interrogated.  These are : Mahgoub Al
ZUBIER, the First Vice-President of the General Federation of the
Sudanese Workers Union and President of Khartoum University Workers
Union; Ahmed Adam Al MADNI, a trade unionist; Haider BASHIR, also a
trade unionist and Ali BUKHARI.
ICTUR has also expressed its concern about the fact that the military
regime is using torture, amongst other means, in order to exert
maximum pressure on trade unionists and to force them to sign
undertakings not to get involved in trade union elections.
Action requested:
Please write to the Sudanese authorities immediately demanding that
they put an end to the use of ill-treatment and torture of trade
unionists and to guarantee their physical and psychological integrity
at all times. Insist that all those in detention be released
immediately if no charges can be held against them.  In the event that
charges can be brought, demand that they be tried by an impartial
court and that they have access to legal counsel of their own choice.
Urge them to open thorough and impartial inquiries into the above
incidents in order to identify those responsible for acts of torture
and ill-treatment and punish them in accordance with the law. Urge
them also to ensure the respect for human rights and fundamental
freedoms in the country at all times.
Addresses:
His Excellency Lt-Gen. Omar Hassan al Bashir, Head of the NSRCC and
Commander-in-Chief, Army Headquarters, Khartoum, Sudan  //  Maj-Gen
Zubayr Muhammed Salih, Minister of the Interior, Khartoum, Sudan -
Tlx: 0984 22459/22460/22461  //  Dr. Abdel Samie Omar, Attorney
General, Khartoum, Sudan Abroad : His Excellency Dr. Abdalla Ahmed
Abdalla, Ambassador of the Republic of Sudan, 2210 Massachusetts
Avenue NW, 20008 Washington DC, USA  //  His Excellency Mr. Al-Rasheed
Abu Shama, Ambassador of the Republic of Sudan, Embassy of the
Republic of Sudan, 3 Cleveland Row, St. James's, London SW1A 1DD,
United Kingdom
7 October 1992
Please inform us of any action undertaken, (kindly mention the code
number of the appeal in any related correspondence).
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