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Farmers arrested in Al-Gedarif State

15 November 2016

The authorities in Al-Gedarif state arrested 19 farmers from the communities displaced as a result of the Upper Atbara and Setait dams from village 1 where they were re-settled. The farmers protested after they were banned from harvesting their farms because they didn’t pay the fees imposed on them. They were later released on bail.

The independent parliamentarian, Mubarak Al-Nour, stated that he would summon the State Minister for Electricity, Financial Resources and Dams, Moataz Musa, to clarify with him what happened with the displaced farmers. Al-Nour also accused the authorities of taking the lands of farmers in Upper Atbara and Setait without compensating them. He said that “these farmers had to look for other lands to farm when they were re-settled and the authorities were quiet about it”. He added that “when the farmers wanted to harvest, the authorities stepped in and prohibited them and imposed fees on them.”

Al-Nour said that the communities displaced as a result of the dams have faced great injustices and they live in very difficult economic situations and are unable to pay even one pound. He reiterated that he will summon the minister about this issue and said: “we want to do them justice, not more injustice”.


إعتقال 19 مزارع بولاية القضارف


15/نوفمبر 2016

اعتقلت السلطات بولاية القضارف 19 مزارعاً من مهجري اعالي عطبرة وستيت المدينة رقم (1) احتجوا على منعهم من حصاد محصولهم بسبب عدم دفع رسوم تمّ فرضها عليهم، قبل ان يتم اطلاق سراحهم لاحقاً بالضمان الشخصي.
بينما اعلن النائب المستقل مبارك النور، عزمه استدعاء وزير الكهرباء والموارد المالية والسدود، معتز موسى، لاستيضاحه بشأن ما جرى مع المهجرين.
واتّهم النور السلطات بنزع اراضي مُزارعي اعالي عطبرة وستيت دون تعويضهم، ما دفعهم لزراعة تلك الاراضي وسط صمت الاجهزة الحكومية، واردف ‘‘عندما بدأ المزارعين في حصاد محصولهم ، منعتهم السلطات وفرضت عليهم رسوماً’’.
واعتبر النور، انّ مُهجري عطبرة وستيت (ظُلموا ظلم الحسن والحسين) ويعانون اوضاعاً اقتصادية بالغة التعقيد ولايستطيعون دفع جنيه واحد فضلاً عن انّ الاراضي التي زرعوها موروثة اباَ عن جد، واكد عزمه استدعاء وزير الموارد المائية والسدود لمساءلته بهذا الخصوص وتابع " عايزين ننصف الناس ما نظلمن.