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 (2 July 2020) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) has documented two incidents of attack against civilians by armed militia in Central Darfur state. The attacks left two civilians killed, two officers of Sudanese armed force injured and a young woman raped. One incident occurred on 14 June …

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 …

— 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. …

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 …

(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 …

(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 …

(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 …

(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 …

(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 …

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 …