Tag Archives: political opposition

(7 December 2014) Paris-Geneva-Kampala. The Sudanese authorities must release immediately Dr. Amin Mekki Medani, the Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders, an FIDH-OMCT joint programme, and the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) said today. The health and physical integrity of the human rights defender must be guaranteed …

(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 …

Scores of activists detained incommunicado and at risk (26 September 2014) At least 59 people, including scores of well-known youth and political activists, have been arrested from the streets, cafes and private homes of Khartoum, Khartoum Bahri and Omdurman since 20 September. The arrests have been made by Sudan’s security …

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 …

Investigate Allegations of Torture, Abuse (Nairobi, June 25, 2014) – The Sudanese government should immediately charge or release recently detained political activists, and investigate all allegations that they have  been subjected to torture and ill-treatment, the African Center for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS), Amnesty International, Human Rights Watch, the …

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 …

(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 …

(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 …