Detained UN worker at risk of torture in Sudan

19 July 2011 A UN worker in Darfur is at risk of torture and ill-treatment after the Sudanese intelligence agency detained and charged him. Amnesty International has urged Sudanese authorities to ensure that a UN worker being held in South Darfur is not subjected to torture and is given immediate access to his family and any needed medical care. Idris Yousef Abdelrahman, a civil affairs officer from the UN/African Union Mission in Darfur (UNAMID) based in Nyala, was charged on 12 July with “undermining the constitutional system” and “waging war against the state”. Both crimes are punishable…

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