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Sudan: Activists targeted with arbitrary arrest and incommunicado detention whilst the media remains restricted amidst crackdown on December 2018 peaceful protest.

(17 January 2019) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies has received information that the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) and police have since December 19 2018, carried out a mass campaign of arrests targeting activist including, doctors, human rights defenders, journalists, professors and political party leaders with …

Sudan Update: Deaths in custody, continued arbitrary and incommunicado detention of peaceful protestors and obstruction of media coverage of protests.

(9 January 2019) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies has continued to monitor the crackdown of anti-government protests across Sudan since mid-December 2018 and have continued into the New Year. In this report, ACJPS gives an update on various incidents resulting in serious violations of human rights of …

Sudan: Media Restrictions in September, October and November 2018; Hisham enters his seventh month in detention without charge.

(11 December 2018) Media freedom is increasingly challenged in Sudan in spite of the clear protection provided in the country’s Interim National Constitution of 2005. The National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) have continued to censor information deemed to have crossed the red-lines and newspapers affiliated with the ruling party …

Sudan charges a female musician for indecent dressing based on a social media post

(The above photo is credited to Ayen Network). (25 October 2018) 18 October 2018 at 3:00pm, 4 policemen from the public order police department raided a car that was carrying a singer, Ms. Muna Majdi Salim. The policemen raided the car while she was waiting for the driver who had stepped …

A Report on Apostasy Punishment in Sudan

The first apostasy(Ridda) trial in Sudan was held in 1968(1) prior to the provision for the offense itself in the fifth (2) Sudan Criminal and Penal Act of 1991- Article on apostasy (Article126: 1,2,3). Apostasy is Riddain Islamic jurisprudence and is punishable by ‘hadd’, which is a punishment fixed either …

ACJPS’ Updates on Militia Chaos in Darfur, Sudan

During the reporting period (20 May 2017 to November 2017), numerous developments contributing to the deterioration of security took place in Darfur. Approximately 414 members of the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) militias and armed opposition movements were killed and 331 wounded. In May 2017, 234 members of armed movements were …

Violations against Immigrants: ACJPS’ Report on Illegal Immigration and the Violations Related to the Rights of Asylum Seekers in Sudan: June-December 2017

Before and after the secession of South Sudan in July 2011, Sudan was and still is one of the destinations for illegal immigrants and a crossing point for asylum seekers. Sudan’s common borders with Chad, Central African Republic, Congo, Uganda, Eritrea, Ethiopia, Egypt and Libya are used as crossing gates …

Sudan Restricts Freedom of Expression : A Report on Violations against Freedom of Expression in Sudan: July-September 2018

The proposed amendments of the Media and publication law extends restrictions to online media. On 21 June 2018, Sudanese Ministers Council passed the proposed amendments of the 2009 media and publication law indoors. This makes it easy for the national assembly to pass it since the ruling party (National Congress …