29 January 2019 Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the UN Human Rights Council Re: Civil society call on Human Rights Council to dispatch an independent international fact-finding mission to establish the facts and circumstances of alleged human rights abuses committed in Sudan Dear Excellencies, We, the undersigned …
Read More »Incommunicado detentions and increase in media gags amidst heavy crackdown on anti-government protests in Sudan
(24 January 2019) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) has continued to document a surge in media restrictions based on coverage of anti-government protests. ACJPS remains concerned for the well-being and physical safety of those who remain in detention, particularly those detained incommunicado following crackdowns on the …
Read More »Sudan: Activists targeted with arbitrary arrest and incommunicado detention whilst the media remains restricted amidst crackdown on December 2018 peaceful protest.
(17 January 2019) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies has received information that the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) and police have since December 19 2018, carried out a mass campaign of arrests targeting activist including, doctors, human rights defenders, journalists, professors and political party leaders with …
Read More »Sudan Update: Deaths in custody, continued arbitrary and incommunicado detention of peaceful protestors and obstruction of media coverage of protests.
(9 January 2019) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies has continued to monitor the crackdown of anti-government protests across Sudan since mid-December 2018 and have continued into the New Year. In this report, ACJPS gives an update on various incidents resulting in serious violations of human rights of …
Read More »Sudan: Media Restrictions in September, October and November 2018; Hisham enters his seventh month in detention without charge.
(11 December 2018) Media freedom is increasingly challenged in Sudan in spite of the clear protection provided in the country’s Interim National Constitution of 2005. The National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) have continued to censor information deemed to have crossed the red-lines and newspapers affiliated with the ruling party …
Read More »ACEWRC issues a decision on the nationality of Iman Hassan Benjamin against the Republic of Sudan
Denying a child citizenship based on the origin of her father is discrimination, Sudan should urgently grant nationality to Ms Iman Hassan Benjamin and should amend the Nationality law. (10 December 2018) In May 2018, the African Committee of Experts on the Rights and Welfare of the Child (ACEWRC) issued a …
Read More »Sudan: Violations and Targeting of Property Against Non- Muslims
This report addresses how the Sudanese authorities demolished non-Muslim places of worship in light of Sudan’s national, regional and international human rights obligations. It also examines how religious leaders were prevented from legally registering their places of worship and how ownership of their property was arbitrarily transferred to the government …
Read More »North Kordofan: A man dies in police custody following allegations of Torture by police in Alobid police station.
(5 November 2018) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) calls upon Sudanese authorities to urgently investigate the death of Mr. Fathi Ali Mohamed Hamamd who died at Alobid police station in North Kordofan state on 24 October 2018. Torture and other ill-treatment are absolutely prohibited under international …
Read More »Sudan: Target one to silence a hundred: the repression of human rights lawyers in Sudan – Publication of a joint report
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Read More »Sudan charges a female musician for indecent dressing based on a social media post
(The above photo is credited to Ayen Network). (25 October 2018) 18 October 2018 at 3:00pm, 4 policemen from the public order police department raided a car that was carrying a singer, Ms. Muna Majdi Salim. The policemen raided the car while she was waiting for the driver who had stepped …
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