Press Releases

(7 June 2012) On 31 May Sudan’s Humanitarian Aid Commission (HAC), the government body responsible for regulations relating to international organizations, ordered the closure of the offices of seven international organizations in specific regions of the country. Save the Children – Red Sea state Goal Ireland – Kassala state Agency …

(5 June 2012) The Coalition of organizations members of the Campaign, “ Africa for Women’s Rights: Ratify and Respect ” strongly condemn the sentence to death by stoning of Intisar Sharif Abdalla, a twenty-year old Sudanese woman, native to the Nuba Mountains, on accusations of adultery. Our organizations urge the Sudanese authorities …

(23 March 2012) In two different cases the week of 12 March, the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) arrested two people, one of whom died while in police custody.  The disparate nature of these incidents illustrates the latitude that the NISS has been given under the 2010 National Security …

(31 January 2012)  On 25 January 2012, five members of Grifina, a non-violent youth led resistance movement, were arrested in Sudan.  These arrests give evidence of a government campaign targeting youth activists. The five activists participated in a forum organized by Grifina to commemorate the 2005 Beja massacre at Port …

(6 January 2012)  On Friday, 6 January the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) issued a new report documenting a year-long campaign by the Government of Sudan to limit the freedom of expression and press (Sudan Steps Backward: National Security Intensifies Violations of Freedom of Expression in 2011).  …

(23 March 2012) In two different cases the week of 12 March, the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) arrested two people, one of whom died while in police custody.  The disparate nature of these incidents illustrates the latitude that the NISS has been given under the 2010 National Security …

(7 March 2012)  On the 5th of March in Daim, Khartoum several people were injured and one died as a result of an unprovoked attack by the Public Order Police.  The following day the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) imposed a media blackout, refusing to allow newspapers in Khartoum to investigate or …

On 25 January 2012, five members of Grifina, a non-violent youth led resistance movement, were arrested in Sudan.  These arrests give evidence of a government campaign targeting youth activists.      The five activists participated in a forum organized by Grifina to commemorate the 2005 Beja massacre at Port Sudan, …

(29 November 2011) On 28 November 2011, Judge Altyeb Alamin Elbashir of the Special Criminal Court in North Darfur sentenced seven individuals to death and ordered them crucified following their execution. The purpose of crucifixion is to draw attention to their crimes.  The group, affiliated with the Justice and Equality …