Press Releases

(19 May 2014) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) continues to document serious violations of international humanitarian and human rights law in Sudan’s conflict regions. In April and May ACJPS documented the deaths of four detainees in state custody in two separate incidents in Darfur and Blue …

(15 May 2014) Al-Haj Yousef Criminal Court in Khartoum Bahri today confirmed the sentence of 100 lashings and the death penalty by hanging against 27-year old Meriam Yahia Ibrahim, a Christian woman convicted for adultery and apostasy on 11 May. The penalties were confirmed after Ms. Ibrahim, who is in her …

(15 May 2014) Al-Haj Yousef Criminal Court in Khartoum Bahri today confirmed the sentence of 100 lashings and the death penalty by hanging against 27-year old Meriam Yahia Ibrahim, a Christian woman convicted for adultery and apostasy on 11 May. The penalties were confirmed after Ms. Ibrahim, who is in her …

(12 May 2014) Sudanese authorities must immediately release and review the conviction of 27-year old Meriam Yahia Ibrahim who was sentenced to lashings and death for the crimes of adultery and apostasy by a Khartoum Criminal Court on 11 May. Ms. Ibrahim, a Christian woman who is in her ninth …

(8 May 2014) On 1 May the Sudanese Political Parties Affairs Council (PPAC) announced that the Sudanese Republican Party’s application to register as a political party had been rejected. The Republican Party, founded by Ustaz Mahmoud Mohamed Taha, opposes Islamic fundamentalism and promotes secularism. The PPAC rejected the application on …

It is with deep sorrow that the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies informs you that the founder, Executive Director and dear friend, Osman Hummaida, died of natural causes yesterday on Thursday 17 April at Sunninghill Hospital in Johannesburg, South Africa. His wife Azza, sister Nadia and friend Mohamed …

(24 March 2014) Seven student activists are now detained without access to their families or lawyers after Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) made further arrests in connection with a demonstration that took place at the University of Khartoum on 11 March. The detainees are at serious risk of …

(17 March 2014) The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project (EHAHRDP) and the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) are deeply concerned for the safety of human rights defenders Gazi Alrayah Al-Sanhouri and Abdulmonim Adam who are detained incommunicado by the National Intelligence and Security Services …

(12 March 2014) One student has died from gunshot wounds and at least seven are reportedly critically injured after Sudanese security services opened live fire during a peaceful demonstration at the University of Khartoum on 11 March 2014. The incidents happened immediately after the conclusion of a public forum organised …

(5 March 2014) The Government of Sudan’s (GoS) National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) have continued to subject newspapers to post-print censorship over the past week. Since January, at least eleven newspapers have been confiscated or prevented from distributing printed copies, some on more than one occasion. In a seemingly …