Sudanese activists launched an electronic campaign on social media to demand the release of one of the most prominent activists in the capital Khartoum after his arrest, while appreciating his role in ensuring a humanitarian role for those affected since the repercussions of the ongoing battles began.
Activists denounced the arrest of clothing merchant Hassan Abdel Raouf, on Monday morning, while playing a humanitarian role in the process of handing over the body of Mujtaba Al-Jazouli, who was killed by a shell that had fallen on him and others in the Arab market in central Khartoum in mid-April.
The writer Namarj al-Jazouli had appealed for help – in a previous post on her Facebook account, attached to a picture of her brother to identify him – and demanded the help of her family to receive and bury his body.
The "Salama" initiative quoted witnesses from the ambulance crew as saying, "Abdul Raouf was arrested while playing a humanitarian role in handing over the body of one of the victims," while revealing that the activist was keen to preserve and cover a number of bodies that fell since the start of the clashes, in light of the difficulty in the movement of civilians and medical staff.
The initiative specialized in humanitarian needs – through its Facebook page yesterday – that members of the rapid support intercepted the handover process and arrested Abdel Raouf and asked the ambulance crew to take the body of the deceased and leave despite the attempts of the ambulance crew to dissuade the support personnel from arresting him, but they insisted on that, as they put it.
The initiative's statement was widely popular, holding the RSF responsible for the security and life of the prominent Sudanese activist, while the initiative was keen to praise his humanitarian role, saying, "Hassan was helping us in the initiative to connect the deceased with their families, identify them and preserve their bodies, so that they can receive and bury the bodies."
The RSF could not be obtained on the accusations.
The young man posted – through his Facebook account about a week ago – a picture of one of the bodies dumped among the garbage in the middle of the street in the Arab market area, and commented on it by saying: The scene is painful it is difficult to see a dog ravaging the body of a human being.
Over recent weeks, the activist broadcast a series of videos through his Facebook account, during which he documented the theft of some gold shops in the gold complex in the center of the capital, and toured by "mobile phone camera" on a number of stores, after they closed their doors to customers affected by the difficult security and humanitarian situation.
The young man monitored in videos – widely popular – looting and thieves opened a number of shops after breaking their door locks, in a scene that was denounced by platform patrons, while demanding shop owners to return quickly to inspect the contents of their stores before stealing them.
On Sudanese digital platforms, activists, journalists and voluntary organizations called for the activist's speedy release and took it as an opportunity to praise his prominent humanitarian role since the outbreak of clashes in Khartoum.
"Since the beginning of this war, there has been no name like Hassan's name, he was present in the absence of security to reassure people and a guide for the lost and detained to get them to safety, and he was a paramedic risking his life to save the Sudanese," journalist Dalia al-Taher said. She stressed that Hassan is not an individual but represents an army of humanity.
It is noteworthy that the Sudanese activist has been famous through social media since the beginning of the battles, providing assistance and helping hand in preserving the bodies that were lying in the streets, and he also worked to preserve shops in the vicinity of the Arab market, in light of the repeated looting and theft.