Press Releases

( 5 September 2021) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) calls on the Sudanese authorities to urgently investigate the killing of one student and injury of 16 others that occurred on 31 August 2021 in Zalingi city, Central Darfur State.  The transitional government should urgently set up …

(2 September 2021) African Center for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) is deeply concerned about the potential impact that COVID-19 could have on the already vulnerable thousands of detainees across Sudan; authorities must come up with a solution to contain the outbreak. We call on the transitional Government to develop …

(30 August 2021) As we mark the International day of the disappeared on 30 August 2021, Sudan is yet to account for hundreds of political dissents forcefully disappeared during al Bashir’s regime and during the 2018-2019 national revolution. Those missing during these periods also remain uncounted for. Under international law, …

(11 August 2021) Sudanese authorities should urgently ensure an immediate, impartial, and effective investigation into the killing of Ms Zahra Yahya Adam Khareef, a 55-year-old woman in Nyala city, South Darfur and the injury of her daughter. Those responsible for the killing and injury must be identified and held accountable. …

 (5 August 2021) African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) expresses deep concern about the recent surge of targeted attacks by armed militia against farmers in the North Darfur state.  These attacks have left civilians dead, injured, missing and displaced. The Government of Sudan should immediately put in place measures …

(2 July 2021) On 23 June 2021, presiding Judge Hasheem Khalaaf Alah of Elemtidad South criminal court in Khartoum sentenced Muaaz Abedelmageed to cross amputation of the right hand and left foot, after finding him guilty of armed robbery (hiraba) under article 168 of the Sudanese Criminal Act, 1991. The …

This report is based on the work of internationally trained local monitors, on the ground in South Sudan, working for a national human rights organization. Both these monitors and the organization must remain anonymous given the present security concerns. The information reported meets the threshold for initiating an investigation between …

 (2 June 2021) Sudanese authorities should urgently investigate the reported abduction, torture, and extra-judicial killing of Mr. Mohamed Ismail Abaker, popularly known as “Wad Akair”, a youth activist and a member of a resistance committee in Al-Jeraif Sharq neighborhood in Khartoum. Mr. Wad Akair had been participating in a sit-in …

(21 May 2021) The undersigned organisations are deeply concerned about the growing disagreement between the governments of Ethiopia, Sudan and Egypt over the building, filling, and operating of the Great Ethiopian Renaissance Dam (GERD), which is currently in the final phase of its construction. Tripartite negotiations about the technical and …

(14 May 2021) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) calls on the international community to urgently investigate the killing of two peaceful protesters and injury of 37 others that occurred on 11 May 2021 in Khartoum. On 11 May 2021, members of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) …