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July 22, 2019
A Sudanese civilian detained and allegedly tortured bysecurity agents in a central town has died in custody.
The doctors committee said in a statement that the man diedin the town of Dilling in the state of South Kordofan after he was detained byagents of the feared National Intelligence and Security Service, NISS.
Rights groups and activists had regularly accused securityservice agents of cracking down on dissidents and restricting freedoms duringthe regime of veteran leader Omar al-Bashir who was ousted in April.
It was National Intelligence and Security Service that led asweeping crackdown on protests against Bashir’s rule that first erupted inDecember.
Dozens were killed and hundreds of protesters, activists andopposition leaders were arrested during the months-long campaign that led toBashir’s overthrow and subsequent demonstrations calling for civilian rule.