(1 November 2021) This report is based on the results of a joint fact-finding mission in Khartoum and Darfur conducted over five weeks in January-February 2021 by the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS), FIDH’s member organisation in Sudan. The …
Read More »Sudan Coup update: killing and continued arbitrary and incommunicado detention of peaceful protestors and obstruction of media coverage of protests
(25 November 2021) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) has continued to monitor the continued crackdown on pro-democracy protests including killing of civilians and other human rights violations across Sudan since 25 October 2021. In this report, ACJPS gives an update on various incidents resulting in serious …
Read More »Sudan Coup Update: Former detainee succumbs to injuries obtained while in custody; COVID-19 cases and other violations
(15 November 2021) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) has continued to monitor the continued crackdown on pro-democracy protests including arbitrary arrests and incommunicado detention of civilians and other human rights violations across Sudan since 25 October 2021. In this report, ACJPS gives an update on various incidents …
Read More »Sudan Coup update: More persons detained as peaceful protests and civil disobedience continue
(6 November 2021) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) has received reliable information indicating that Sudanese military and security agents have continued to arrest civilians including civilian authorities, political activists, human rights defenders, members of resistance committees and others as mass protests and civil disobedience campaigns against …
Read More »Urgent call to investigate the injuring of 17 peaceful demonstrators in Khartoum
( 24 October 2021) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) calls on Sudanese authorities to urgently investigate the injuring of 17 peaceful demonstrartors that occurred on 21 October 2021 in Khartoum. The transitional government should urgently set up an independent and impartial commission to ensure an immediate …
Read More »Urgent call for investigation into the ill-treatment of three people including a human rights defender by community police in Khartoum
(30 September 2021) Sudanese authorities should urgently investigate the alleged ill-treatment of Mr. Al-Fateh Hussein, 57-year-old male living in Khartoum and two females aged 27 and 30 years-old who requested ACJPS to withhold their identites. Mr Al- Fateh is a human rights activist and a member of the Democratic Alliance …
Read More »Sudanese journalist detained incommunicado, faces death penality
(27 September 2021) African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) expresses its utmost concern over the physical safety and wellbeing of Mr Otaf Abdelwahab Altom, journalist and director of Al-Naba Center for Press Services who was arrested by the police force from his home and taken to Al-Mugran Police …
Read More »A Sudanese female human rights defender faces “defamation” charges for criticising the Rapid Support Forces on Facebook
(21 September 2021) African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) expresses deep concern over the targeting of Sudanese citizens by the authorities for their online activity. ACJPS has documented an incident where a Sudanese journalists and human rights defender has been charged with defamation under article 159 of the …
Read More »Two civic rights activists at risk of being sentenced to imprisonment or whipping for trumped up charges
(20 September 2021) Sudanese authorities should urgently drop all the trumped up charges levelled against two civic rights activists and human rights defenders, Musab Zakaria, a 19-year-old-male and Suleiman Jamal, a 25-year-old-male. African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) urges the authorities to respect and guarantee the right to …
Read More »REFERENCE: ATROCITIES AGAINST CIVILIANS IN THE ETHIOPIA CRISIS
15 September 2021 H.E. Moussa Faki Mahamat Chairperson, African Union CommissionAfrican Union Headquarters P.O. Box 3243, Roosevelt Street W21K19 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Dear Chairperson, REFERENCE: ATROCITIES AGAINST CIVILIANS IN THE ETHIOPIA CRISIS Your Excellency, We, the undersigned, are organizations that work to promote the human rights of civilians in conflict …
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