(28 March 2013) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) is concerned for the safety of youth activist Hatim Ali Abdalla, (m), 24 years of age, who has been detained without access to his family or lawyers by Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) since 24 March. …
Read More »Sudan Human Rights Monitor Issue 20
The feature article of this issue of the Sudan Human Rights Monitor gives an overview of the ‘New Dawn’ document signed in Kampala, Uganda by members of Sudan’s political opposition coalition, the National Consensus Forces, and rebel alliance, the Sudan Revolutionary Forces. The ‘New Dawn’ document affirms the validity of either peaceful …
Read More »Sudan: Doctors Perform Amputations for Courts
(Nairobi, February 27, 2013) Credible sources in Sudan have reported that government doctors amputated a man’s right hand and left foot by court order in Khartoum on February 14, 2013, in violation of the absolute prohibition on torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading punishments, four human rights groups said today. The African Centre for …
Read More »Aerial Bombardment in South Darfur Kills Four Civilians; Government of Sudan Declares it Accidental
(22 February 2013) At 9am on 21 February, the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) bombed Derib al Reih village in South Darfur using Antonov aircraft, killing four civilians and injuring thirty-seven. The bombing killed four civilians, including two children. Thirty seven civilians were seriously injured, with some sustaining critical injuries, and …
Read More »Civil Society groups urge African Union to act on Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile crisis
(23 January 2013) To our African Leaders On the eve of the next African Union (AU) meeting on the Sudans, we appeal to you to do all you can to end the violence and restore peace to the people of Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile in Sudan. The war that has raged between the Government …
Read More »Sudanese political opposition leaders detained incommunicado and at risk of torture
(15 January 2013) Mr. Abdul-Aziz Khalid, Chairperson of the Central Council of the National Sudanese Alliance Party, was arrested from his home in Khartoum by Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) at 9pm on 14 January. He is currently detained incommunicado in an unknown location. The NISS have refused …
Read More »Concern for safety of five political opposition party leaders detained incommunicado in Sudan
(11 January 2013) Five political opposition leaders have been arrested by Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) on their return from a meeting in Kampala, Uganda attended by Sudanese political opposition parties and armed opposition groups. The five are detained incommunicado in an unknown location and are at risk of …
Read More »Civil society organisations closed in renewed clamp down on freedom of association in Sudan
(9 January 2013) Three civil society organisations and one literary forum have been ordered to shut down and cease all operations by Sudanese authorities amidst a renewed clamp down on freedom of expression, association and assembly in the country. Attempts by journalists and activists to demonstrate against the closures have been …
Read More »Call for immediate independent investigation into student deaths and excessive use of force by Sudanese authorities
(10 December 2012) The Government of Sudan must condemn in the strongest terms the excessive use of force by its police and security forces at Al Jazeera University on 5 December and conduct an immediate independent investigation into student deaths. On 6 and 7 December, four students were found …
Read More »Sudan Human Rights Monitor Issue 19
(August-September 2012) The feature article of this issue of the Sudan Human Rights Monitor gives an overview of the agreement reached between Sudan and South Sudan on 27 September in Addis Ababa. The agreement addressed a host of outstanding post-referendum issues, such as oil sharing, nationality status, security and border …
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