Tag Archives: freedom of religion

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 …

(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 …

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 …

Kampala, Nairobi, Paris, May 20, 2014 – FIDH and its member organisation, the African Center for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS), condemn the sentencing of Meriam Yahya Ibrahim to death for apostasy and to a hundred lashings for adultery and urge Sudanese authorities to revoke this decision. The verdict constitutes …

(15 May 2014) Al-Haj Yousef Criminal Court in Khartoum Bahri today confirmed the sentence of 100 lashings and the death penalty by hanging against 27-year old Meriam Yahia Ibrahim, a Christian woman convicted for adultery and apostasy on 11 May. The penalties were confirmed after Ms. Ibrahim, who is in her …

(12 May 2014) Sudanese authorities must immediately release and review the conviction of 27-year old Meriam Yahia Ibrahim who was sentenced to lashings and death for the crimes of adultery and apostasy by a Khartoum Criminal Court on 11 May. Ms. Ibrahim, a Christian woman who is in her ninth …

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

(3 November 2011) On 8 September Suleman Aboulgasim Musa and 17 of his followers were charged with apostasy under Article 126 of the 1991 Criminal Act.  The arrests and charging of these individuals are part of an increasing crackdown on the freedom of religion and expression within Sudan. The government …