African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies ACJPS | المركز الافريقي لدراسات العدالة و السلام
(April 2012) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS), East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project (EHAHRDP), and the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) submitted this shadow report to the Republic of Sudan’s Fourth and Fifth periodic reports (2008 – 2012) to the African Commission …
Read More »University Professor Arrested for Writing an Article Criticizing the Sudanese Government
Report on Pre-trial Justice in Sudan
Update on Human Rights Violations in Blue Nile and South Kordofan
Sudan Steps Backward: National Security Intensifies Violations of Freedom of Expression in 2011
(January 2012) In the months immediately preceding and following South Sudan’s referendum on independence, the Sudanese authorities launched a renewed campaign of systematic repression of freedom of expression featuring new tactics to intimidate and silence independent media in the country. Historically, the Sudanese government’s main method of silencing media was …
Read More »Sudan Human Rights Monitor Issue 15
(December 2011-January 2012) The relationship between Sudan and South Sudan continued to deteriorate in early 2012. Negotiations between the two Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) partners over key “post- referendum” arrangements have been ongoing since 2010 with facilitation by the African Union High Level Implementation Panel (AUHIP). Thus far, talks have …
Read More »Special Court in Darfur Upholds Verdict Sentencing Seven to Death and Crucifixion
(29 November 2011) On 28 November 2011, Judge Altyeb Alamin Elbashir of the Special Criminal Court in North Darfur sentenced seven individuals to death and ordered them crucified following their execution. The purpose of crucifixion is to draw attention to their crimes. The group, affiliated with the Justice and Equality …
Read More »129 People Charged with Apostasy in South Khartoum: Maximum Sentence is the Death Penalty
(14 September 2011) On 29 July 2011, 150 people were arrested by police in Hay Mayo, South Khartoum. All are members of the Hausa ethnic group and from Darfur. While 21 individuals (children and the elderly) were immediately released, 129 were subsequently charged with apostasy, disturbance of the public peace, …
Read More »Closure of Newspapers in Khartoum Hinders the Freedom of Expression
Different Tactics, Same Goal: Closure of Newspapers in Khartoum Hinders the Freedom of Expression, a joint report by the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies and Journalists for Human Rights Contact: Osman Hummaida, Executive Director of the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) Phone: +44 7956095738 E-mail: …
Read More »Sudan- Blue Nile Civilians at Risk, Peace Prospects Diminishing
(3 September 2011) On the 28th and 29th of August, the Sudanese ruling National Congress Party (NCP) moved significant military forces – comprised of Popular Defense Forces (PDF), national security, and Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) – with heavy military equipment intoBlue Nile state. Blue Nile state is one of the contentious “three areas” claimed by both the Sudan …
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