Muslim Brotherhood Security Cells: International Documentation Exposes a Plot to Silence War Opponents in Sudan

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Behind the fog of battles in Sudan, political forces and international organizations accuse the Muslim Brotherhood of activating its “security cells” to target activists opposing the war.

Social media platforms have become a stage where the details of an ongoing tragedy unfold daily, despite the changing faces of the victims. According to observers, the terrorist organization is exploiting the chaos in Sudan for its own benefit.

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Fighting between the Sudanese army and the Rapid Support Forces broke out on April 15, 2023, displacing over 11.3 million people. About 8.6 million were internally displaced, while 3.9 million others fled across borders into neighboring countries, according to recent estimates by the International Organization for Migration (IOM).

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Democratic civil forces and the Rapid Support Forces accuse security cells tied to the National Congress Party – the political arm of the Brotherhood – of initiating the first shot that triggered the war to derail the democratic transition and reinstate the Brotherhood’s control over the Sudanese military’s decision-making, thus crushing the revolution that ousted them in April 2019.

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International Reports

According to the annual report from the UN High Commissioner for Human Rights on Sudan, there was a pattern of arbitrary arrest and detention of civilians by joint security forces.

The report referred to these forces as “the cell,” composed of the Sudanese police, the General Intelligence Service, military intelligence, and at times, “mobilized volunteers.”

It emphasized that arrests mainly targeted activists affiliated with the Forces of Freedom and Change, resistance committees, emergency rooms, and the “Taqaddum” Coordination.

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Real-World Evidence

The list of those “targeted” by security cells did not end with the arrests of lawyer Montasir Abdullah Suleiman or student Doha Shuaib. It recently expanded to include numerous activists, lawyers, teachers, and journalists opposing the war and advocating for peaceful negotiation.

Montasir Abdullah has been detained since September 7, 2024, after he requested access to an investigation file concerning former Prime Minister Abdullah Hamdok and political leaders opposing the war, according to the spokesperson of the National Authority for the Defense of Rights and Freedoms.

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Student Doha Shuaib, aged 21, remains detained since March, arrested by military intelligence in Omdurman (west of Khartoum) and charged with collaborating with the Rapid Support Forces, facing possible death or life imprisonment under Sudanese criminal law.

Doha is known in university circles for supporting the slogans of the Sudanese revolution and advocating democratic civilian transition.

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New Reports

Last week, reports indicated that six young activists from the “emergency rooms” in Al-Nuhud (West Kordofan) were arrested under allegations of collaboration with the Rapid Support Forces.

Sources confirmed that members of the Brotherhood, under the guise of “mobilized volunteers,” were compiling lists of young opponents to intimidate and falsely accuse them, leading to forced detentions.

They identified 45 students from West Kordofan University and 150 youth from various neighborhoods and displaced communities as alleged collaborators, posing a grave threat to civilian lives.

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Legal Condemnations

The “Emergency Lawyers” group, a human rights organization, condemned what it called the “massacre of justice” perpetrated by Brotherhood security cells under the Sudanese army’s watch.

Human rights activist Rahab Mubarak, a member of the organization’s executive office, said that these terrorist practices aim to break the will of revolution supporters and intimidate professionals advocating for peace.

She documented daily cases of arbitrary arrest and detention, citing the cases of journalist Imtithal Suleiman, teacher Karar Sayed Ahmed, and lawyer Nasiba, who was sentenced to seven years in prison.

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Press Restrictions

The Sudanese Journalists Syndicate condemned the violations of press freedoms, blaming military intelligence and allied factions for arbitrary arrests without legal process.

Iman Fadl Al-Sayed, head of the syndicate’s freedoms committee, described journalist Imtithal Suleiman’s arrest as a “heinous crime against press freedom.”

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She stated that Imtithal, a syndicate council member, was detained for three days, her personal belongings searched, and her mobile phone accessed without regard for privacy, before being accused of “collaboration” with the Rapid Support Forces.

Iman also pointed to similar cases, such as journalist Siddiq Dalai, who was detained for over six months without legal justification.

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