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(10 July 2022) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) calls upon the Sudanese authorities to stop the judicial harassment of Christian citizens. Authorities must ensure the respect for religious rights and guarantee individual’s freedom of religious creed and worship as provided for in the Constitutional Declaration and …

(9 July 2022) On 26 June 2022, presiding judge Haroun Adam of Kosti criminal court in White Nile State sentenced to death by stoning, Ms. Maryam Alsyed Tiyrab, a 20-year-old after she was found guilty of violating article 146 (2) (adultery) of the Sudanese Penal Code 1991. The sentence is …

(1 July 2022) Khartoum, Nairobi, Paris. On June 30, the anniversary day of the seizure of power by former Sudanese leader Omar al-Bashir in 1989, the Sudanese people once again expressed, in the streets, their deep desire to end the military dictatorship. As they reiterate their demands, the deadly repression …

(25 June 2022) African Center for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) expresses deep concern over the increased targeting of human rights defenders by security operatives in Sudan since the coup of 25th October 2021. In this release, ACJPS documents the arbitrary arrest and detention of two human rights defenders by …

Joint Press release 24 May 2022 – REDRESS together with partner organizations Zimbabwe Lawyers for Human Rights (ZLHR), MENA Rights Group, Lawyers for Justice in Libya (LFJL) and the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) welcome the adoption of the first African instrument aimed to eradicate and prevent …

(24 May 2022) the African Center for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) expresses deep concern over the continued inter-tribal attacks between the between Dinka and Messeria tribes in Abyi area located at the border between Sudan and South Sudan. These attacks have resulted into the killing and injuring of several …

(21 May 2022) African Center for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) expresses deep concern about the continued arbitrary arrest and detention of political opposition leaders and other activists in Sudan by security agencies. On 19 May 2022, Mr. Saleh Mahmoud Osman was arrested by General Intelligence Service (GIS) at 01:40pm …

(9 May 2022) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) calls on the international community to urgently conduct an independent and impartial investigation into the killing 201 people and injuring of 140 others that occurred on 22 and 24 April 2022 in Krinik locality in West Darfur. Several houses …

(4 April 2022) The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (the Commission), meeting in its 70th Ordinary Session, held virtually from 23 February to 9 March 2022 Recalling its mandate to promote and protect human and peoples’ rights in Africa, in accordance with Article 45 of the African Charter …

(24 March 2022) African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) is deeply concerned about the continued deterioration of security in Sudan. In Jebel moon locality in West Darfur, armed attacks by the Arab nomads have continued despite the signing of a non-aggression pact on 9 December 2021 between the …