(10 December 2014) Sudan has detained two prominent public figures on their return from political negotiations held in Addis Ababa between Sudanese political and armed opposition groups. A large number of personnel from the Sudanese National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS), arriving in six vehicles, arrested Dr. Amin Mekki Medani, …

(7 December 2014) Paris-Geneva-Kampala. The Sudanese authorities must release immediately Dr. Amin Mekki Medani, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, an FIDH-OMCT joint programme, and the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) said today. The health and physical integrity of the human rights defender must be guaranteed …

(5 December 2014) at 6.50pm on 25 November 2014 a group of four armed men, two dressed in military uniform and two in plain clothes, ambushed a bus carrying 26 civilians travelling from Hamada village to Manawashi village in South Darfur. The armed group opened fire on the bus around …

Scores of activists detained incommunicado and at risk (26 September 2014) At least 59 people, including scores of well-known youth and political activists, have been arrested from the streets, cafes and private homes of Khartoum, Khartoum Bahri and Omdurman since 20 September. The arrests have been made by Sudan’s security …

(24 September 2014) Oral Statement delivered to Human Rights Council during Interactive Dialogue with the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Sudan Human Rights Council – 27th session Item 10: Interactive Dialogue with the Independent Expert on the situation of human rights in Sudan Mr. President, Mr. Independent …

(23 September 2014) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) continues to document serious violations of international humanitarian and human rights law in Sudan’s conflict regions. On 1 September 2014 the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and paramilitary Popular Defence Forces (PDF) attacked Samsorah village, near to Bao locality, …

(12 September 2014) Between Monday 15 September and Friday 19 September, the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS), Human Rights Watch, the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and partners are running a twitter campaign highlighting human rights violations around Sudan and calling members of the UN Human Rights Council at …

(3 September 2014) The brutal suppression of protest in Sudan must end, and members of the security forces responsible for killing, injuring, and torturing protesters must be held to account, said Amnesty International and the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) in a report published today. The report, Excessive and deadly: …

(30 July 2014) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS), together with 25 Sudanese, regional and international organisations, has sent a letter to permanent representatives of member and observer states of the UN Human Rights Council urging them to ensure that the serious and widespread violations of human rights and international humanitarian …

To Permanent Representatives of member and observer states of the UN Human Rights Council Geneva, 18 July 2014 RE: Human rights situation in Sudan at the 27thsession of the Human Rights Council Excellency, The undersigned organizations urge your delegation to recognize and respond to the gravity of the human rights …