Montaser Abddullah
Montaser Abdullah is a Sudanese lawyer and human rights defender who has offered legal assistance to survivors of gender-based violence. He was arrested in September 2024 after representing members of the Tagadom Coordination Committee against accusations by the National Committee for Investigating Crimes and Violation of National Laws and International Humanitarian Law.
The ongoing violence by government forces, pro-government militia groups and anti-government armed group forms the backdrop to continued harassment, arbitrary arrests, incommunicado detentions and alleged torture of human rights defenders (HRDs) by Sudanese military and security forces. Freedom of expression and freedom of association and assembly have been increasingly curtailed. In particular, NGO members, journalists and student activists have been targeted.
