Imtithal Abdelfadeel
Imtithal Abdelfadeel is a Sudanese woman human rights defender and journalist working with Aljareeda Alsudaia daily newspaper. She mainly reports on social and economic rights of internally displaced people. She is a member of the Sudanese Journalists Syndicate and one of the few active young female journalists supporting women’s rights and justice in Sudan.
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.
