(5 March 2019) ACJPS has received information indicating that National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) has released 51 detainees arrested for their actual or suspected involvement in the popular protests in Sudan. Those released include 14 journalists, 16 human rights defenders, 14 political activists, 2 doctors and 5 students. They were …
Read More »Sudan: 30 women detained in inhumane conditions following involvement in protests
Kampala, Paris, 20 February 2019 – The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) and FIDH are deeply concerned about the safety of 30 women detained without access to lawyers or family members by the Sudanese National Security Intelligence Services (NISS) in Omdurman women’s prison. The detainees were targeted …
Read More »Sudan: 116 Political Activists detained incommunicado without charge amidst violent crackdown on the anti -government peaceful protests since December 2018.
(19 February 2019) ACJPS has received information on the arbitrary arrest and detention of 116 political activists between December 2018 and February 2019 for their participation or suspected involvement in the ongoing anti-government protests. At least three detainees, including 1 female have been subjected to six-month detention under the emergency law in …
Read More »New trends of violence and brutality against civil protestors in Sudan
For the past few weeks, since mid-December last year, Sudan has been witnessing a wave of mass protests demanding the stepping down of the thirty-year rule of President Bashir. These protests came as a result of the cumulative economic and political crisis that was caused by three decades of dictatorship …
Read More »The EU Must Not Let Down Sudanese Victims: do not Ignore the Pending ICC Arrest Warrants Against Al-Bashir
15 February 2019 Over the past few years, cooperation between the European Union and the League of Arab States has included “finding common solutions to common problems,” for instance reaching solutions for the conflicts in Syria, Yemen and Libya. Nevertheless, concerns were raised over the EU’s problematic approach to managing …
Read More »SUDAN: Serious concerns after the arrest of 30 human rights defenders in violent crackdown against peaceful protests
JOINT PRESS RELEASE – THE OBSERVATORY / ACJPS Geneva-Paris-Kampala, February 12, 2019 The Observatory for the Protection of Human Rights Defenders and the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies express their utmost concerns over the violent crackdown targeting human rights defenders participating in ongoing peaceful protests in Sudan. Since …
Read More »35 African civil society organisations call for strong AU response to popular uprising in Sudan.
— OPEN LETTER — 6 February 2019 Addis Ababa, Ethiopia Excellencies, Representatives of the AU Peace and Security Council Member States, H.E. Chairperson Mr. Moussa Faki, African Union Commission, Your Excellencies, We, the undersigned African civil society organisations, write with deep concern about the deterioration of the situation in Sudan. …
Read More »Civil society calls on European Union not to host ICC fugitive Omar al-Bashir.
EU-LAS Summit Should Not Include Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir (4 February 2019) Brussels-The European Union should state publicly that it will withdraw from an upcoming joint summit of the European Union and League of Arab States unless there is a guarantee that Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, a suspected war criminal, …
Read More »Civil society call on Human Rights Council to dispatch an independent international fact-finding mission to establish the facts and circumstances of alleged human rights abuses committed in Sudan
29 January 2019 Permanent Representatives of Member and Observer States of the UN Human Rights Council Re: Civil society call on Human Rights Council to dispatch an independent international fact-finding mission to establish the facts and circumstances of alleged human rights abuses committed in Sudan Dear Excellencies, We, the undersigned …
Read More »Incommunicado detentions and increase in media gags amidst heavy crackdown on anti-government protests in Sudan
(24 January 2019) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) has continued to document a surge in media restrictions based on coverage of anti-government protests. ACJPS remains concerned for the well-being and physical safety of those who remain in detention, particularly those detained incommunicado following crackdowns on the …
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