(Nairobi, February 27, 2013) Credible sources in Sudan have reported that government doctors amputated a man’s right hand and left foot by court order in Khartoum on February 14, 2013, in violation of the absolute prohibition on torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading punishments, four human rights groups said today. The African Centre for …

(29 September 2011)  On 27 September 2011, officials from the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) raided the Aljareedanewspaper offices in Khartoum.  After ordering all employees to leave the premises, NISS officers posted guards at the main gates and locked the doors.  Chief Editor Mr. Saad Aldeen Ibrahim and the Chair of the newspaper’s …

2 August 2012: On 31 July, the Sudanese police and National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) fired live ammunition and tear gas into mass public protests in Nyala, South Darfur. Twelve individuals who had participated in the protests have died from gun shot wounds and wounds caused by sharp weapons. …

(7 June 2012) On 31 May Sudan’s Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC), the government body responsible for regulations relating to international organizations, ordered the closure of the offices of seven international organizations in specific regions of the country. Save the Children – Red Sea state Goal Ireland – Kassala state Agency …

(23 March 2012) In two different cases the week of 12 March, the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) arrested two people, one of whom died while in police custody.  The disparate nature of these incidents illustrates the latitude that the NISS has been given under the 2010 National Security …

(7 March 2012)  On the 5th of March in Daim, Khartoum several people were injured and one died as a result of an unprovoked attack by the Public Order Police.  The following day the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) imposed a media blackout, refusing to allow newspapers in Khartoum to investigate or …

On 25 January 2012, five members of Grifina, a non-violent youth led resistance movement, were arrested in Sudan.  These arrests give evidence of a government campaign targeting youth activists.      The five activists participated in a forum organized by Grifina to commemorate the 2005 Beja massacre at Port Sudan, …

(3 November 2011) On 8 September Suleman Aboulgasim Musa and 17 of his followers were charged with apostasy under Article 126 of the 1991 Criminal Act.  The arrests and charging of these individuals are part of an increasing crackdown on the freedom of religion and expression within Sudan. The government …

(3 November 2011) On 8 September Suleman Aboulgasim Musa and 17 of his followers were charged with apostasy under Article 126 of the 1991 Criminal Act.  The arrests and charging of these individuals are part of an increasing crackdown on the freedom of religion and expression within Sudan. The government …

(14 September 2011)  On 29 July 2011, 150 people were arrested by police in Hay Mayo, South Khartoum.  All are members of the Hausa ethnic group and from Darfur.  While 21 individuals (children and the elderly) were immediately released, 129 were subsequently charged with apostasy, disturbance of the public peace, and being a …