To: Permanent Representatives of African States to the UN Human Rights Council 12th September 2013   Re: Call for Action by African States to Protect Human Rights in Sudan at UN Human Rights Council 24th Session (9-27 September 2013) Excellency, The undersigned African civil society organisations are writing to urge …

The feature article of the March – April 2013 issue of the Sudan Human Rights Monitor provides an overview of developments in Darfur. The UN has reported that 300,000 people were forcibly displaced in the region over just five months between January – May, a higher figure than that of …

This issue of the Sudan Human Rights Monitor provides an update to the Sudan Human Rights Monitor October 2012 – February 2013. The monitoring report includes updates on freedom of expression, arbitrary arrest, freedom of religion, torture, public order cases, and updates and political developments in Sudan’s conflict areas. Download the full …

Repeal Amendments to Armed Forces Law (9 July 2013, Nairobi ) – New amendments to Sudan’s Armed Forces Act that allow prosecution of civilians in military courts are contrary to international human rights standards, Human Rights Watch and the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) said today. President …

(24 May 2013) On 6 May Judge Sif Eldien Abdulrhman Ishag of the Special Criminal Court on the Events in Darfur (SCCED) in Al – Daien, East Darfur sentenced three men to death after a trial that began on 1 May and lasted four court sessions. If implemented, the execution …

(22 May 2013) An immediate, independent and impartial investigation must be undertaken by the Sudanese authorities into the shooting of nine students at the main campus of El Fasher University, North Darfur by Sudanese police, National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) and a student militia group aligned with the ruling …

(11 April 2013) On the occasion of the 53rd Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) taking place on 9-23 April 2013, the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) and Journalists for Human Rights (JHR-Sudan) are appealing to ACHPR Commissioners to urgently respond to the sharp deterioration …

UPDATE: On 28 November 2013, the North Darfur Appeal Court overturned the amputation sentence of the three men under article 173 (penalty of capital theft when the hud is remitted) of the 1991 Sudanese Penal Code, which allows for hudud penalties to be remitted in capital theft cases where extenuating circumstances, …

(28 March 2013) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) is concerned for the safety of youth activist Hatim Ali Abdalla, (m), 24 years of age, who has been detained without access to his family or lawyers by Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) since 24 March. …

The feature article of this issue of the Sudan Human Rights Monitor gives an overview of the ‘New Dawn’ document signed in Kampala, Uganda by members of Sudan’s political opposition coalition, the National Consensus Forces, and rebel alliance, the Sudan Revolutionary Forces. The ‘New Dawn’ document affirms the validity of either peaceful …