On December 25, 2018, Fayad Abdallah was arrested by members of the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) while he was taking part in a peaceful protest in Khartoum.

Following the arrest, Abdallah was first brought to the headquarters of the NISS in Khartoum, where he stayed for three hours, before being moved to other NISS buildings located in Khartoum North (Bahri), where he was harshly interrogated three times without the presence of his lawyer.

Abdallah was released on December 26, 2018. From the moment of his arrest throughout his detention, he was violently beaten by members of the NISS and kept in inhumane conditions of detention.

Abdallah’s arrest is part of the violent crackdown on the nationwide protests that have been taking place in Sudan since mid-December 2018.