Publications

(1 June 2015) 32 Eritrean asylum seekers are at risk of forced return to Eritrea after a Sudanese court ruled that the group be deported from Sudan after serving two months in prison. The group was found guilty of illegal entry by a court in Sudan’s Red Sea State that …

(26 May 2015) On the morning of 25 May, Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) visited Khartoum’s printing houses and confiscated the entire print runs of ten newspapers without giving reasons. The security agency also gave verbal orders for the indefinite suspension of four of the papers. Although no …

(25 May 2015) Three men in Sudan are at risk of court-ordered amputation of the right hand from the wrist after being convicted of capital theft in an unfair trial before a Darfur court. The three convicted men, Mohamed Hassan Abdallah Mohamed, 19 years of age, Daoud Yousif Mohamed Hassan …

(25 May 2015) Three men in Sudan are at risk of court-ordered amputation of the right hand from the wrist after being convicted of capital theft in an unfair trial before a Darfur court. The three convicted men, Mohamed Hassan Abdallah Mohamed, 19 years of age, Daoud Yousif Mohamed Hassan …

(18 May 2015) Sudanese authorities should immediately release and guarantee the safety of human rights defender Mohamed Musa Mohamed Dawud who was reportedly detained by members of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) in late April and transferred under armed guard to Kadugli hospital in South Kordofan with gunshot wounds. Mohamad …

(12 May 2015) Sudan has continued to detain and intimidate human rights defenders and political opponents in the wake of its national elections that saw the re-election of President Omar al Bashir with 94% of the vote. Prominent human rights defender Jaafar Khidir was detained without charge for three days …

(1 May 2015) In early April, the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) documented a chain of targeted attacks on civilians around the capital of Blue Nile state by the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement – North (SPLM-N) and Sudan Armed Forces (SAF). On 7 April the SPLM-N attacked …

(18 April 2015) Sudanese human rights defender Adil Bakheit is at risk of a politically motivated trial on baseless charges, including under the category of ‘crimes against the state’ that carry the death penalty, after his laptop was confiscated during an armed raid on the Khartoum-based TRACKS for Training and …

(17 April 2015) Sudan’s national general elections began on 13 April 2015. Scheduled to end on 15 April, they were extended one day by the National Elections Commission (NEC) to account for low voter turnout. In the days leading up to and during the elections and the voting period, ACJPS …

(17 April 2015) Today marks the one-year anniversary since the untimely passing of Osman Hummaida, Founding Executive Director of the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS), friend and mentor to countless human rights defenders around the world. Osman worked tirelessly in support of human rights and social justice …