African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies ACJPS | المركز الافريقي لدراسات العدالة و السلام
(21 October 2022) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS), writes to the ACHPR to express our concerns and urge you to address the crackdown on peaceful demonstrators and ongoing violations of human rights in Sudan. ACJPS is a non-profit, non-governmental organization working to monitor and promote respect for human rights and legal reform in Sudan.
On 25 October 2021, General Abdel-Fattah al-Burhan, the Chairman of the Sovereign Council dissolved the transitional government and declared a nation-wide state of emergency. He suspended key Articles of the 2019 Constitutional Charter that provide for the composition and powers of the Sovereign Council, Transitional Cabinet and the Transitional Legislative Council, which was to be constituted. General Al-Burhan also stated that a general election will be held in July 2023. The coup happened one month before General Abdel-Fattah al-Burhan was due to hand over the presidency of the Sovereign council to civilian representatives, as per the power-sharing agreement and Constitutional Document signed in 2019.
Following the announcement of the coup, Sudan’s military forces arrested former Prime Minister Abdulla Hamdok and his wife, and several civilian figures, including members of the Sovereign Council, Cabinet Ministers, state Governors and Government officials, political leaders, and activists who were placed under house arrest or taken to unknown locations. Authorities also disrupted the Internet connectivity from 25 October until 18 November 2021 when it was restored. Read more
