Al-Qasem Mohammad Sayyed Ahmad
Al-Qasem Mohammad Sayyed Ahmad is a Sudanese accountant working in Saudi Arabia. Prior to arriving in Saudi Arabia, the human rights defender was a founding member of a group called Abna’ Al-Sahafa or “Citizens of Al-Sahafa” in Khartoum. The group is currently providing assistance and basic services to Sudanese people in need. Following his departure from Sudan, the human rights defender remained actively working with this group. From Saudi Arabia, he provided logistic and financial support for those in need of medicine and medical treatment following a crippling rise in medicine prices in Sudan. The human rights defender has also been active in calling for the rights of Sudanese people through social media in response to the atrocities committed by the Sudanese authorities in the latest phase of civil disobedience. Al-Qasam Mohammad Sayyed Ahmad also runs a Facebook page entitled Ma’asi Hukm Al-Askar wa Al-Kayzan in Sudan or “the tragedies of Militrary and Kayzan rule in Sudan.”