Sudan to get opposition figures sentenced to death quickly and was used heavily at 1989, 1990 against Majdi Mahjob, Boturs Jirjis, Orango and military members of Ramadan coup 1990[3]. The court decision caused outrage among the Sudanese public and human right activists, and they filed a petition to stop Rahama's execution. The Sudanese Writers Association also condemned his arrest and asked for either his release or to put him before a public trial, as he was not military and never participated in fights. In March 2013, he was released and could leave the country with his family. Activists have written about Rahama on social media and Sudanese forums, condemning the court and talking about their experience with Rahama. Dalia Haj-Omar, a Sudanese Human Rights activist, tweeted "I worked with him and he is a true artist", Ali Haj, a former political editor of Ajras al-Hurriya and friend of Rahama said: “Officials don't have any charges against you and they don't tell you your rights.” In 2015, Rahama was given political asylum in France, where he has been giving lectures at schools and a poetry reading at the Institute for the Arabic World. Personal life Rahama is married to an Ethiopian wife, and they have three children. In a recent interview with his wife, she said "there was no contact with him since his arrest and she feel astonish by his sentence, his 6 year-old daughter Dunya kept asking about him and I don't know what to tell her", also she said "I don't leave my house because am scared and worried about the safety of my children after a nearby house was raided by security forces thinking we live there" adding that she sought help from the UN refugee agency, the UNHCR. “I was interviewed, but they didn't offer any assistance. Works Here is one of Rahama's famous poems, in which he describes a know figure in Sudan called 'Altaher Bushra', which can also be used to describe Rahama himself. Discreet, fidgeting in his own body You really don't know, will he step inside his own shadow, or breed in his sun. Then he keeps throwing up his hands, Optical arrangement, to ward off the eye. and to fall into suspicions his eyes, gently, leaning on the earth picking up the color with a blink of a heart the soul gazes into him and is called Altaher Bushra References External