Press Releases

(3 March 2014) Four internally displaced persons (IDPs) were killed and sixteen injured, including eight children, by Sudanese authorities during a peaceful demonstration in Zalengei, Central Darfur. On 15 February the Darfur Regional Authority (DRA) in Zalengei, Central Darfur conducted a three day workshop on social peace for local administrators …

(24 February 2014) On 20 February 2014, Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) visited printing houses and issued a verbal order preventing the distribution of printed copies of three daily independent newspapers. Aakhir Lahza, Al Ehram Alyoum and Alwatan newspapers were each prevented from distributing printed copies of their …

(21 February 2014) The Sudanese authorities must investigate the death of one prisoner and serious injuries sustained by four others at Ardamata prison, West Darfur, following the firing of live ammunition by prison guards to quell a disturbance. At around 9am on 19 February 2014, a sentry guard reportedly sighted …

(14 February 2014) The past month has seen a surge in government restrictions on the freedom of the media and freedom of expression in Sudan. Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) have prevented the distribution of printed copies of four independent newspapers, and suspended their operation indefinitely. The NISS …

(10 February 2014) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) is concerned for the safety of two activists detained incommunicado and without charge by Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS). One of the detainees, Taj Aldeen Arjaa, has reportedly been subjected to torture. Neither has been charged …

(7 February 2014) On 29 January Sudan’s Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC), the government regulatory body charged with monitoring the work of international and national non-governmental organisations in the country, notified the International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) via an official letter that their activities would be suspended from 1 …

Geneva, Kampala, New York, Tuesday 24 December 2013 We, the undersigned, representatives of civil society organisations from Sudan and the Republic of South Sudan wish to express our deep concern about the military confrontations that erupted in the Republic of South Sudan on 15 and 16 December 2013. We are utterly disturbed that the violence, which …

(3 December 2013) Eight members of a Khartoum residents’ association in Khartoum Bahri have been detained without charge or access to their families or lawyers since Sudanese security services raided one of their meetings on 30 November. Officers of Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS), armed with Kalashnikov rifles …

Fact-finding Mission Needed Into Deaths, Detention of Protesters  (Kampala, November 1, 2013) — The African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights (ACHPR) should order a fact-finding mission to investigate the deaths and detention of hundreds of demonstrators, a group of 11 international and African organizations said in a letter made …

Over 170 demonstrators confirmed dead, including 15 children, 500 confirmed injured, and over 800 detained (4 October 2013) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) has confirmed the deaths of 170 people since protests began in Sudan on 23 September. At least fifteen of these fatalities are children. …