(28 March 2016) Sudan’s security agency has prevented three members of a civil society coalition from travelling to Geneva, Switzerland, to take part in meetings in preparation for the Universal Periodic Review (UPR) of Sudan in May. The three were stopped by plain-clothed security agents after checking in, told they …
Read More »SUDAN: TRACKs Office Once Against Raided and Staff Targeted by National Intelligence
(23 March 2016) Sudanese authorities should stop harassing civil society activists and allow them to work without arbitrary interference and intimidation, DefendDefenders (East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project) and the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) said today. On 29 February 2016, National Intelligence and …
Read More »Protestors calling for justice for victims of 2013 protest killings beaten and detained by Sudan’s security agency in Khartoum
(10 February 2016) Sudan should stop the brutal suppression of protest and hold to account the security forces responsible for killing, injuring, and torturing protesters throughout the country. A group of 15 female protestors were beaten with wooden batons by members of Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) on …
Read More »West Darfur: One student dead after heavy beatings and serious concern for safety of another student detained incommunicado at security offices
Sudan’s security forces conduct arbitrary arrests, use excessive force and beat students in El Geneina (8 February 2016) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) is deeply concerned about new reports of arbitrary detention, custodial violence and excessive use of force by the Sudanese authorities in El Geneina, …
Read More »The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and ACJPS present oral statement on freedom of expression in Sudan
Below is the oral statement delivered by the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) during the official agenda item “NGO statements on the human rights situation in Africa” during the 57th session of the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights. 57th …
Read More »On the anniversary of protests massacres, the international community must take a strong stand on impunity for widespread human rights abuses in Sudan
International Federation for Human Rights – FIDH African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies – ACJPS Sudan Human Rights Monitor – SHRM Paris, Kampala, Khartoum, 23 September 2015 – The Government of Sudan continues to fail to ensure that those responsible for international crimes and other serious human rights abuses …
Read More »Saudi Arabia: Don’t deport Sudanese journalist to Sudan
(5 September 2015) Saudi Arabian authorities should release and refrain from deporting the Sudanese journalist Waleed Aldoud Al-Mekki Al-Hussein, the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS), East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project (EHAHRDP), European Saudi Organisation for Human Rights, and the International Federation for Human …
Read More »NGO Letter regarding human rights situation at 30th session of the UN Human Rights Council
A pdf version of the letter is available here. To Permanent Representatives of Members and Observer States of the UN Human Rights Council Geneva, 3 September 2015, RE: Gravely deteriorating human rights and humanitarian situation in Sudan Excellency, We write to share our serious concerns about the deteriorating human rights …
Read More »ACJPS and Human Rights Watch – Sudan: Wave of Opposition Arrests
Uphold Free Speech, Assembly (Kampala, August 28, 2015) – Sudanese security agents have arrested, detained, and interrogated at least 17 members of opposition parties since early August 2015, Human Rights Watch and the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) said today. Most of those arrested are affiliated with …
Read More »Update: Continued arbitrary detention and criminal charges against individuals in connection with Sudan’s elections
(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 …
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