Geneva, Kampala, New York, Tuesday 24 December 2013 We, the undersigned, representatives of civil society organisations from Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan wish to express our deep concern about the military confrontations that erupted in the Republic of South Sudan on 15 and 16 December 2013. We are utterly disturbed that the violence, which …

(3 December 2013) Eight members of a Khartoum residents’ association in Khartoum Bahri have been detained without charge or access to their families or lawyers since Sudanese security services raided one of their meetings on 30 November. Officers of Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS), armed with Kalashnikov rifles …

The feature article of the May – July 2013 issue of the Sudan Human Rights Monitor provides an update to on-going inter-communal violence in Darfur. Inter-communal violence continues to proliferate in the region, underscoring the complex factors fuelling Darfur’s conflict. The past year has seen a surge in fighting between Darfur’s …

Fact-finding Mission Needed Into Deaths, Detention of Protesters  (Kampala, November 1, 2013) — The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) should order a fact-finding mission to investigate the deaths and detention of hundreds of demonstrators, a group of 11 international and African organizations said in a letter made …

1 November 2013 Dear Commissioners, Urgent Fact-Finding Mission needed to investigate killings and detention by security forces in Sudan The undersigned organisations are writing to you to express our deep concern at the lack of action or public comments made by the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) …

Over 170 demonstrators confirmed dead, including 15 children, 500 confirmed injured, and over 800 detained (4 October 2013) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) has confirmed the deaths of 170 people since protests began in Sudan on 23 September. At least fifteen of these fatalities are children. …

International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) African Center for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) Paris, Nairobi, Kampala, 1 October 2013 – Over the past 7 days since the start of demonstrations in Sudan on 23 September, at least 170 people have been killed by the Sudanese authorities, hundreds more injured …

(26 September 2013) The Sudanese security forces must immediately stop using arbitrary and unlawful force against protesters, the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies and Amnesty International urged today, after confirming that at least 50 demonstrators were killed on Tuesday and Wednesday after being shot in the chest or …

(24 September 2013) On 19 September police in Nyala, South Darfur shot and killed two children and one adult at a protest outside the South Darfur Government offices. The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) condemns the excessive use of force and calls for an immediate investigation with …

The Sudanese President, subject to arrest warrants for genocide and crimes against humanity, must be transferred to the International Criminal Court in The Hague FIDH, the African Center for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) and in the United States, the Center for Constitutional Rights (CCR) and the Center for Justice …