(12 May 2014) Sudanese authorities must immediately release and review the conviction of 27-year old Meriam Yahia Ibrahim who was sentenced to lashings and death for the crimes of adultery and apostasy by a Khartoum Criminal Court on 11 May. Ms. Ibrahim, a Christian woman who is in her ninth …

(8 May 2014) On 1 May the Sudanese Political Parties Affairs Council (PPAC) announced that the Sudanese Republican Party’s application to register as a political party had been rejected. The Republican Party, founded by Ustaz Mahmoud Mohamed Taha, opposes Islamic fundamentalism and promotes secularism. The PPAC rejected the application on …

(24 March 2014) Seven student activists are now detained without access to their families or lawyers after Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) made further arrests in connection with a demonstration that took place at the University of Khartoum on 11 March. The detainees are at serious risk of …

The feature article of the August – November 2013 issue of the Sudan Human Rights Monitor provides an overview of the September 2013 mass demonstrations that took place across Sudan. The demonstrations, initially held in reaction to an announcement by President Omar al Bashir that fuel subsidies would be cut, …

(17 March 2014) The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project (EHAHRDP) and the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) are deeply concerned for the safety of human rights defenders Gazi Alrayah Al-Sanhouri and Abdulmonim Adam who are detained incommunicado by the National Intelligence and Security Services …

(12 March 2014) One student has died from gunshot wounds and at least seven are reportedly critically injured after Sudanese security services opened live fire during a peaceful demonstration at the University of Khartoum on 11 March 2014. The incidents happened immediately after the conclusion of a public forum organised …

(5 March 2014) The Government of Sudan’s (GoS) National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) have continued to subject newspapers to post-print censorship over the past week. Since January, at least eleven newspapers have been confiscated or prevented from distributing printed copies, some on more than one occasion. In a seemingly …

(3 March 2014) Four internally displaced persons (IDPs) were killed and sixteen injured, including eight children, by Sudanese authorities during a peaceful demonstration in Zalengei, Central Darfur. On 15 February the Darfur Regional Authority (DRA) in Zalengei, Central Darfur conducted a three day workshop on social peace for local administrators …

(10 February 2014) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) is concerned for the safety of two activists detained incommunicado and without charge by Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS). One of the detainees, Taj Aldeen Arjaa, has reportedly been subjected to torture. Neither has been charged …

(7 February 2014) On 29 January Sudan’s Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC), the government regulatory body charged with monitoring the work of international and national non-governmental organisations in the country, notified the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) via an official letter that their activities would be suspended from 1 …