The Committee for Justice (CFJ) has documented the arrest and enforced disappearance of the wife of a tribal leader from East Darfur State and her daughter, a medical doctor, by a security cell affiliated with the Sudanese Armed Forces in the city of Rabak, White Nile State, while they were traveling with a Hajj convoy to the holy sites.
According to information documented by CFJ, the two detainees—Um Salma Mahmoud Hamouda and her daughter, Mawadda—were part of a convoy that departed from the city of Adila in East Darfur State in May 2026, before being stopped while passing through Rabak on the Rabak–Khartoum road.
Available information indicates that the arrest was linked to political affiliations and positions attributed to the husband of the detained woman, amid ongoing political and security tensions in parts of the country, without any publicly announced criminal charges or the detainees being brought before any known judicial procedures.
Family sources further stated that the two detainees have no connection to any direct political activity, and that one of them suffers from health conditions requiring special care, raising concerns regarding their detention conditions and safety.
The Committee for Justice expressed concern over the continuation of detention outside the framework of legal procedures, and called for their immediate release, disclosure of their fate, and guarantees against the detention of civilians—particularly women—on unlawful or political grounds. CFJ also stressed the need to disclose their place of detention and ensure their legal rights, including communication with their family members.
