Press Releases

(2 August 2019) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) calls on the international community to urgently investigate the killing of six peaceful protesters that occurred on 29 July 2019 in El Obeid, the capital of North Kordofan, Sudan. The international community, including the United Nations Human Rights Council …

22 July 2019 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 present security concerns. The information reported meets the threshold for initiating an …

Authorities must ensure independent and effective investigations that include violations by RSF against protesters, and civilians in war regions (27 June 2019) Millions of Sudanese were hopeful for a regime change, and an end to decades of brutality by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) following the ouster of former President, Omar al Bashir …

Khartoum, Kampala, The Hague, New York, 20 June 2019 Following the presentation of the 29th report of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to the United Nations Security Council (UNSC), FIDH, ACJPS and SHRM call on members of the UNSC, and the international community as a whole, to …

 Published by Annet Ajok Opimo, human rights lawyer 19 June 2019 The recent wave of enforced disappearances that have taken place in Sudan over the past seven months, particularly of peaceful protesters is deeply concerning and, calls for urgent action by both Sudanese authorities and the international community to end …

(11 June 2019) The UN Security Council The undersigned, 30 civil society organisations from around the world, are writing to you at this critical time when the fate of the Sudanese people hangs in the balance and when bold leadership is needed to prevent further violence and support those seeking …

Urgent International Action Needed to Prevent Further Violence (6 June 2019) The attack on peaceful democracy protesters in Khartoum that began on June 3 that has reportedly seen the killing of at least 100 people and hundreds more injured demands a strong international response to immediately stop such attacks and ensure …

  African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) Sudan Human Rights Monitor (SHRM) International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) Joint Press Release Sudan: Violent Crackdown on Protesters Requires Urgent Action by International Community Khartoum, Kampala, Paris, 5 June 2019 – According to medical sources in Khartoum at least 60 …

-OPEN LETTER- 16 May 2019 Representatives of the AU Peace and Security Council Member States H.E. Chairperson Mr. Moussa Faki, African Union Commission Your Excellencies, The undersigned Sudanese and African civil society organisations write to urge the African Union to take urgent action following events this week in Sudan. On …

(9 May 2019) Since 1989, Sudan has witnessed a new era (under Inghaz Government) which based its rule on the philosophy of Political Islam, which introduced the so called “civilization project” as a political manifesto. The civilization Project aimed to enforce the ‘Islamic religious State’. Religious state contradicts the cultural, social, …