Amira Osman Hamid

I graduated from the college of technical sciences,

in computer engineering

I’m doing an M.A. in international relations

at Khartoum University

I was detained on June 27 at 6 p.m.

About 4 security pickup trucks, a mini-bus

and two saloon cars came to my house

they asked from the outside that I come out for them

I was in the bathroom

When I came in they had entered the house

About 15 to 20 security persons

they told me to go out to meet their lieutenant

when I went out I didn’t find a lieutenant

but there was a mini-bus filled with about 12 persons

who were guests in the house, neighbours,

the laborers working in the house

and anyone just passing by

approximately it was about 12 persons

they took us to street 57 in Amarat

this was until midnight approximately

after that they took us to Shendi

the bad and terrible treatment was in street 57

where they threatened me

to take off my clothes and bring my brother

if I don’t answer all their questions

I did not react to that and they did not insist on that a lot

they hit me in street 57

after that there wasn’t any beating,

but there was a new form of torture

they put us in a parking lot in Bahari

we were there for 2 full days

facing the wall with no sleep and no lying down

until one of the soldiers felt sorry for us and got us canvas bags to sit on

they made us sit on uncomfortable chairs

this was during the first day and all of the second day

at the end of the second day in “respect to the Muslim woman”

they took us to an office and we sat there, because they don’t “degrade women”

after having thrown us in a parking lot for two days

it’s something that gives you a feeling that you are a stray dog

after that they took us to the prison

in the prison in Bahari

the new form of torture is the psychological torture

now they stopped the physical torture

and I see that one can overcome physical torture if one is ready for it mentally

but this psychological torture is a new strategy or idea

that they are now working with

so people should be aware of that

the one thing I got out of this detention with

is that it is a fear barrier that has broken

it does not mean that I want to be detained again

but it is just a fact

what I say is that the regime is going to fall

and things will go as people want them to go

people should not give up

but make use of the residue of experiences

know where and how they have made mistakes

and try to improve on those mistakes for the next times

and for sure there is going to be next times