(16 February 2023) African Center for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) expresses deep concern over the unlawful and unjustified actions taken by the Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC) to frustrate operations of Non-governmental Organizations (NGOs) in Sudan. ACJPS reiterates its calls to Sudanese authorities to end practices that restrict civic space. …
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(10 February 2023) African Center for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) calls upon Sudanese authorities to urgently investigate the death of two Sudanese men who died under different circumstances in Zalingi and Al-Damazin cities in Central Darfur and Blue Nile states respectively. Death in Zalingi city, Central Darfur On 30 …
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(9 February 2023) Africa Center for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) calls on Sudanese authorities to overturn the sentence of amputation, order for a retrial of the convicts and guarantee the right to fair trial. On 31 January 2023, the Alfth criminal court in Omdurman, Khartoum State headed by Judge Amir …
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INTRODUCTION Blue Nile region has been characterized by conflicts for several years but the situation worsened in 2022. Since 19th October, 2022 approximately 191 people were killed including Women and children and injuring 220 others from Gomez, Hausa and Berta tribes living in the towns of Arousers Dam in Wad …
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(3 February 2023) The African Center for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) together with National Organization for Freedom and Justice express deep concern over the targeting of Sudanese citizens by authorities for their online activities. In this release we document yet another incident where a human rights activist was arrested over …
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(27 January 2022) African Center for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) calls on Sudanese authorities to urgently investigate the reported torture Mr. Idris Ahmed Hamad, a 33-year-old businessman living in Port Sudan in Red Sea State. On 17 January 2023, at 09:00am, a group of police detectives in Kassala State …
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(12 January 2023) African Center for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) is deeply concerned about the continued deterioration of security in Darfur region and Sudan at large. ACJPS has documented recent attacks in Nyala City in South Darfur that have resulted into 19 deaths, injuring of 40 others and displacement …
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(20 December, 2022) On 13 December, 2022 at 9:00am Mr. Mohamed Salah Ali Khaber a human rights activist working with Zakat Chamber located in Al-damazin, Blue Nile State was arrested from their offices in Al-damazin and taken to Khartoum by a group of police detectives. The previous day (12 December) Mr. Khaber …
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(16 December 2022) On 14 December 2022, Kosti Criminal Court in White Nile State presided by Judge Haroun Adam concluded the re-trial of Ms. Maryam Tiyrab, a 20-year-old woman previously (during the first trial) convicted of adultery and sentenced to death by stoning. During the re-trial, court found that Ms. …
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(25 November 2022) On 24 November 2022, the Court of Appeal in Kosti, White Nile state in Central Sudan issued a decision annulling the conviction and sentence against Ms. Maryam Tiyrab. On 9 July 2022, Ms. Tiyrab, a 20-year-old woman was convicted and sentenced to death by stoning by the …
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African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies ACJPS | المركز الافريقي لدراسات العدالة و السلام
