Publications

This issue of the Sudan Human Rights Monitor provides an update to the Sudan Human Rights Monitor October 2012 – February 2013. The monitoring report includes updates on freedom of expression, arbitrary arrest, freedom of religion, torture, public order cases, and updates and political developments in Sudan’s conflict areas. Download the full …

Repeal Amendments to Armed Forces Law (9 July 2013, Nairobi ) – New amendments to Sudan’s Armed Forces Act that allow prosecution of civilians in military courts are contrary to international human rights standards, Human Rights Watch and the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) said today. President …

Sudanese civil society calls for a constitution that recognizes the country’s diversity and promotes equality (18 June 2013) On 6 June scores of prominent Sudanese journalists, lawyers, human rights defenders, and political activists adopted a Declaration of Guiding Principles for Constitution Making in Sudan. Building on constitutional initiatives undertaken by …

Closing Declaration of the Conference on “The Role of Civil Society in the Constitution-Making Process in Sudan” Nairobi / Kenya, June 3 to 6, 2013   Preamble: Being aware of the overall national crisis and historical impasse currently experienced by  Sudan, characterised by totalitarianism, internal wars, and tribal conflicts in …

(24 May 2013) On 6 May Judge Sif Eldien Abdulrhman Ishag of the Special Criminal Court on the Events in Darfur (SCCED) in Al – Daien, East Darfur sentenced three men to death after a trial that began on 1 May and lasted four court sessions. If implemented, the execution …

(22 May 2013) An immediate, independent and impartial investigation must be undertaken by the Sudanese authorities into the shooting of nine students at the main campus of El Fasher University, North Darfur by Sudanese police, National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) and a student militia group aligned with the ruling …

(14 May 2013) Over the past two weeks, Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) have launched a coordinated campaign of arbitrary detentions against political opposition members belonging to the Sudan Peoples’ Liberation Movement-North (SPLM-N). This latest wave of arbitrary detentions has taken place just weeks after a public statement …

Charge or Release All Detainees, Reform Repressive Security Laws (Nairobi, April 22, 2013) – Sudan has released 24 civilian political prisoners following president Omar al-Bashir’s recent pledge to “free all political detainees,” but at least 100 remain, Human Rights Watch, the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies, and the …

(11 April 2013) On the occasion of the 53rd Ordinary Session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) taking place on 9-23 April 2013, the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) and Journalists for Human Rights (JHR-Sudan) are appealing to ACHPR Commissioners to urgently respond to the sharp deterioration …

UPDATE: On 28 November 2013, the North Darfur Appeal Court overturned the amputation sentence of the three men under article 173 (penalty of capital theft when the hud is remitted) of the 1991 Sudanese Penal Code, which allows for hudud penalties to be remitted in capital theft cases where extenuating circumstances, …