(22 June 2017) From 28 May – 15 June 2017, a number of attacks were perpetrated against civilian targets in North and Central Darfur by the Rapid Support Forces and other government sponsored militias. The attacks took place from 28 May – 6 June 2017 in Ain Siro locality, North …

(15 June 2017) Three activists from Eidel Firsan locality in South Darfur are currently detained incommunicado by the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) without charge or access to their families. A lawyer contracted by the activists’ families has expressed concern for their safety and well-being, and vulnerability to torture …

مبادرة أسرة المعتقل الدكتور مضوي إبراهيم في  27 مايو 2017م  كانت أسرة الدكتور مضوي أبراهيم الذي اعتقل من مكتبة بجامعة الخرطوم بواسطة جهاز الأمن والماخابرات السوداني منذ 7 ديسمبر 2016م  تتوق لتناول طعام الإفطار معه كما درجت الأسرة علي الإجتماع كل عام حول مائدة أفطار رمضان ، فظلت الأمنيات تتوجه …

(13 June 2017) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) has serious concerns regarding the physical and psychological well-being of internally displaced person (IDP) Abdelmagid Abdalla Bakheet, (m), 27 years of age, who was reportedly subjected to torture by the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) in Kutum, …

(08 June 2017) Mustafa Ismail Mohamed, 23 years old, was sentenced to death on 29 May 2017 by the Children’s Court in Nyala for the rape (article 45 (b) of the 2010 Child Act) and murder (article 130 of the 1991 Criminal Act) of a 6-year old girl. The African …

The land conflicts in Misseriya have existed since the 1990s. The conflicts have been internal i.e. between the clans of the Misseriya tribe and external i.e. between the Misseriya and other tribes. Some of the causes of the conflict include: lack of resources, displacement of people due to land that …

(23 May 2017) Demonstrations led by students on university campuses continue to be dispersed violently by Sudanese authorities. The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) remains extremely concerned about the excessive use of force by security forces to disperse student gatherings within the month of May. ACJPS has documented …

(19 May 2017) In May, the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) documented two separate incidents of excessive use of force by Sudanese forces, and in one instance, an affiliated student militia, directed at University students. Police raided a student residence at Bakht Alrida University in White Nile …

(15 May 2017) On 8 May 2017 criminal charges under article 126 (apostasy) and 69 (disturbance of the public peace) of the 1991 Criminal Act were filed by the prosecutor of Omdurman against Mohamed Salih Aldisogi, (m), 23 years of age, after he attempted to change his religion on his …

A legal analysis of the events that occurred after the resumption of conflict in Blue Nile in September 2011 Read the full report here. Following the outbreak of conflict in Blue Nile state in September 2011, the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) documented hundreds of arbitrary arrests …