Publications

(24 June 2012) Protests initiated started by Khartoum University students on 16 June have spread to universities across Sudan. Over the last six days, ordinary citizens joined the protests and demonstrations that broke out in a number of neighborhoods in cities in Sudan including Madani, Sinar, Shandi, Port Sudan and …

(21 June 2012) In June 2012 the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) of Sudan launched a renewed campaign to intimidate, harass, and silence the media in the country largely through the prevention of distribution of newspapers containing sensitive material and through pre-press censorship. Below find the list of relevant …

(21 June 2012) In June 2012 the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) of Sudan launched a renewed campaign to intimidate, harass, and silence the media in the country largely through the prevention of distribution of newspapers containing sensitive material and through pre-press censorship. Below find the list of relevant …

(7 June 2012) On 31 May Sudan’s Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC), the government body responsible for regulations relating to international organizations, ordered the closure of the offices of seven international organizations in specific regions of the country. Save the Children – Red Sea state Goal Ireland – Kassala state Agency …

(5 June 2012) The Coalition of organizations members of the Campaign, “ Africa for Women’s Rights: Ratify and Respect ” strongly condemn the sentence to death by stoning of Intisar Sharif Abdalla, a twenty-year old Sudanese woman, native to the Nuba Mountains, on accusations of adultery. Our organizations urge the Sudanese authorities …

This study examines the state of the judiciary in the Sudan and its role in the protection and promotion of human rights during the omprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA)-mandated Interim period of July 2005 to July 2011. The paper aims to shed light on the structure of the judiciary and analyzes substantive laws and constitutional guarantees governing the operational independence of the judiciary. In addition to examining the normative framework, this study analyzes the concept of judicial independence and the operations of the judiciary as an institution. This study concludes that in some instances, the effectiveness of the Sudanese judiciary is compromised by the resistance or refusal of the executive branches of government to implement its decisions.

(23 March 2012) In two different cases the week of 12 March, the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) arrested two people, one of whom died while in police custody.  The disparate nature of these incidents illustrates the latitude that the NISS has been given under the 2010 National Security …

(31 January 2012)  On 25 January 2012, five members of Grifina, a non-violent youth led resistance movement, were arrested in Sudan.  These arrests give evidence of a government campaign targeting youth activists. The five activists participated in a forum organized by Grifina to commemorate the 2005 Beja massacre at Port …

(6 January 2012)  On Friday, 6 January the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) issued a new report documenting a year-long campaign by the Government of Sudan to limit the freedom of expression and press (Sudan Steps Backward: National Security Intensifies Violations of Freedom of Expression in 2011).  …

(April 2012) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies, the Sudan Democracy First Group and REDRESS (‘the Organisations’) submitted this alternative report to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights in respect of Sudan’s Fourth Periodic Report (2008-2012). The report highlights the continued and widespread use of torture …