OVER 150 people will rally in Glasgow’s George Square tomrrow afternoon to highlight the dire human rights situation in Sudan.

On the eve of the protest, rally organiser Aala Hamza told the Star that two Sudanese asylum-seekers in Glasgow had been picked up by the Home Office this week.

The pair, who were taken to Dungavel Immigration Removal Centre in South Lanarkshire, face deportation despite the ongoing violence in Sudan.

Dozens of protesters opposing dictator Omar al-Bashir have been killed by the regime in recent weeks. Security forces have even attacked people as they lay injured in hospital.

Ms Hamza said: “The Home Office does not recognise the issues in Sudan and thinks it is safe to deport people, but it’s definitely not.”

She knows first-hand how the department operates as she is waging her own battle with the Home Office.

Her father is a Sudanese political exile and Ms Hamza is claiming asylum in Britain.

She said: “The Home Office is willing to deport me to Sudan, but I’ve never even been there. Sudan is not safe.

“More than 200 women have been detained during protests in Sudan.

“If I’m deported, I would join the protests in Sudan and be politically active there too.

“As a single woman with no family left there, I would be particularly vulnerable.”

At the Glasgow rally, which is being organised by the Unity Centre and Sudanese expatriates, there are plans to live stream footage from the uprising in Sudan.

They hope the shocking footage of attacks on peaceful activists will bring home the brutality of President Bashir’s security forces.