14 January 2015 Update: Open letter concerning the continued detentions without charge of Dr Amin Mekki Medani, Mr Farouq Abu Eissa, and Dr Farah Ibrahim Mohamed Alagar Dear Ms Alapini-Gansou, Ms Tlakula, Mr Mute, Mr Forst, Mr Kaye, Mr Nononsi ,Mr Andenas and Mr Mendez, Further to the joint letter …
Read More »Four charged with crimes against the state for printing and distribution of Communist Party Statement in Blue Nile State
(4 November 2014) Four people in Al Damazin, Blue Nile state, have been charged with a number of serious criminal offences in connection with the printing and distribution of a statement by the Blue Nile sector of the Sudanese Communist Party, marking the anniversary of Sudan’s 1964 “October Revolution”. The …
Read More »Six individuals from South Kordofan detained incommunicado after calls for memorial events to mark 2013 protest killings
Kampala, Paris, (23 October 2014) ACJPS and FIDH call upon Sudanese authorities to immediately grant access to six people who have been detained incommunicado and without charge since their arrests by Sudanese security services on 2 and 3 October 2014 in Abu Jehiba town, South Kordofan state. There are concerns …
Read More »Sudan: One year after the September 2013 bloody repression victims still await truth and justice
FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights ACJPS – African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (22 September 2014) Tomorrow, 23 September 2014, will mark the one year anniversary of the outbreak of demonstrations in cities throughout Sudan that were sparked by the lifting of fuel subsidies the day before, …
Read More »Sudan: Those behind unlawful killings and torture of protesters must be brought to justice
(3 September 2014) The brutal suppression of protest in Sudan must end, and members of the security forces responsible for killing, injuring, and torturing protesters must be held to account, said Amnesty International and the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) in a report published today. The report, Excessive and deadly: …
Read More »NGO Letter Regarding Human Rights Situation in Sudan at the 27th session of the Human Rights Council
To Permanent Representatives of member and observer states of the UN Human Rights Council Geneva, 18 July 2014 RE: Human rights situation in Sudan at the 27thsession of the Human Rights Council Excellency, The undersigned organizations urge your delegation to recognize and respond to the gravity of the human rights …
Read More »Sudan Human Rights Monitor, February – June 2014
This issue of the Sudan Human Rights Monitor provides an overview of recent political developments in Sudan, including the emergence of the Rapid Support Forces and the status of the National Dialogue. The Rapid Support Forces (RSF) is a new paramilitary force deployed by the Government of Sudan to support …
Read More »Sudan: guarantee safety of detainees
Continued detention and harassment of political opposition party members and activists despite Presidential pledge to cease detentions and open up dialogue (19 June 2014) Sudanese authorities continue to subject independent activists and political opposition party members to arbitrary arrest and detention a little over two months after President Omar al …
Read More »Sudan’s Human Rights Crisis: Submission to the UN Human Rights Committee
(13 June 2014) Next month the United Nations Human Rights Committee will review Sudan’s progress implementing its obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). The Committee will assess, amongst other things, Sudan’s compliance guaranteeing the right to life, the right to be free from torture and …
Read More »Sudan Human Rights Monitor Issue 25
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 …
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