Sudanese security forces released seven traders who were arrested earlier his month in Al-Meiram of West Kordofan state along the border with South Sudan.

Radio Tamazuj reported yesterday that the men had been held without contact from their families.

“We were seven traders on board of three trucks carrying goods, fuel, and flour on our way to South Sudan before security agents arrested us in Al-Adam area,” one trader said.

He said they were transported to Al-Meiram where they spent a week in police and security detention centers before being transferred to National Security offices in Khartoum Bahri where they were held another ten days.

He said the security forces tied them up and beat them and treated them inhumanely while taking them to Khartoum.

The trader said the authorities confiscated the goods they were transporting and took the vehicles to their owners in Al-Foula town.

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West Kordofan authorities holding seven traders along Sudan-South Sudan border (18 Jan.)