Tag Archives: Arbitrary Arrest

The feature article of the Sudan Human Rights Monitor (SHRM) provides an analysis of recent government restrictions on the freedom of expression that have taken place concurrent to a call from the President  for political opposition parties to engage in a national dialogue process to be led by the ruling …

(21 May 2014) A little over a month after President Omar al Bashir’s announcement on 6 April that all political detainees would be released in a bid to open up dialogue on the future of the country, the Sudanese authorities have continued to subject independent activists and political opposition party …

(19 May 2014) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) continues to document serious violations of international humanitarian and human rights law in Sudan’s conflict regions. In April and May ACJPS documented the deaths of four detainees in state custody in two separate incidents in Darfur and Blue …

(24 March 2014) Seven student activists are now detained without access to their families or lawyers after Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) made further arrests in connection with a demonstration that took place at the University of Khartoum on 11 March. The detainees are at serious risk of …

The feature article of the August – November 2013 issue of the Sudan Human Rights Monitor provides an overview of the September 2013 mass demonstrations that took place across Sudan. The demonstrations, initially held in reaction to an announcement by President Omar al Bashir that fuel subsidies would be cut, …

(17 March 2014) The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project (EHAHRDP) and the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) are deeply concerned for the safety of human rights defenders Gazi Alrayah Al-Sanhouri and Abdulmonim Adam who are detained incommunicado by the National Intelligence and Security Services …

Permanent Representative of Member and Observer States to the UN Human Rights Council                                                                            …

(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 …

(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 …

(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 …