(22 August 2011) On 17 August, the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) in Nyala, South Darfur, re-arrested Abdalla Haron Adam and Salah Babiker immediately after the Nyala Court ordered that they be released. Mr. Adam is a university graduate and member of the Maasalit ethnic group, and Mr. Babiker …

Contact: Osman Hummaida, Executive Director Phone: +44 7956 095738 E-mail: osman@acjps.org (3 June 2011) On 29 May, proceedings brought by the prosecutor of the Press and Publications Court against Professor Omar el Gerai, a journalist and activist, and Abdallah Sheikh, the editor of Ajras Alhurria, began in Al Shemali Court …

(22 August 2011) On 17 August, the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) in Nyala, South Darfur, re-arrested Abdalla Haron Adam and Salah Babiker immediately after the Nyala Court ordered that they be released. Mr. Adam is a university graduate and member of the Maasalit ethnic group, and Mr. Babiker …

Contact: Osman Hummaida, Executive Director Phone: +44 7956 095738 E-mail: osman@acjps.org   (5 February 2011) Following the mass mobilisation of activists in the 30 January demonstrations organised in Khartoum, Omdurman, Wad Medani, and Kosti by the “Youth for 30 January Change Alliance”, the capacity of opposition-affiliated newspapers to report on …

Contact: Osman Hummaida, Executive Director Phone: +44 7956 095738 E-mail: osman@acjps.org   (1 February 2011) Demonstrations organised by the “Youth of 30 January for Change Alliance”, a coalition of members of student movements such as Girifna, Nahoa  Alshari, and Aid ala Aid and supported by the National Consensus Forces, a …

On 11-15 April, Sudan held its first multi-party elections in 24 years. These elections were intended to be a critical benchmark in the process of democratisation envisaged under the CPA and an opportunity to lend popular support to the CPA framework, in particular to referenda intended to be held in …

(October 2011) The success of South Sudan’s January 2011 referendum and the peaceful separation of the North and South contrasts sharply with renewed violence in two of Sudan’s contested “three areas,” Blue Nile and South Kordofan states. Recent patterns of violations in South Kordofan indicate that aerial assaults and arbitrary …

(October-November 2011) The relationship between the National Congress Party (NCP) and the Sudan Peoples’ Liberation Movement (SPLM) has grown increasingly tenuous following the secession of South Sudan on 9 July 2011. The Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) partners have failed to resolve a number of outstanding post-referendum issues including the status …