Thematic Reports

(2 December 2021) African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) expresses deep concern about the surge of targeted attacks by armed Arab nomads against civilian farmers in the Darfur region.  From 9 October to 20 November 2021, ACJPS documented nine incidents involving attacks on civilians in West and North Darfur. …

(1 November 2021) This report is based on the results of a joint fact-finding mission in Khartoum and Darfur conducted over five weeks in January-February 2021 by the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS), FIDH’s member organisation in Sudan. The …

(25 November 2021) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) has continued to monitor the continued crackdown on pro-democracy protests including killing of civilians and other human rights violations across Sudan since 25 October 2021. In this report, ACJPS gives an update on various incidents resulting in serious …

(15 November 2021) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) has continued to monitor the continued crackdown on pro-democracy protests including arbitrary arrests and incommunicado detention of civilians and other human rights violations across Sudan since 25 October 2021. In this report, ACJPS gives an update on various incidents …

(6 November 2021) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) has received reliable information indicating that Sudanese military and security agents have continued to arrest civilians including civilian authorities, political activists, human rights defenders, members of resistance committees and others as mass protests and civil disobedience campaigns against …

( 24 October 2021) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) calls on Sudanese authorities  to urgently investigate the injuring of 17 peaceful demonstrartors that occurred on 21 October 2021 in Khartoum. The transitional government should urgently set up an independent and impartial commission to ensure an immediate …

(30 September 2021) Sudanese authorities should urgently investigate the alleged ill-treatment of Mr. Al-Fateh Hussein, 57-year-old male  living in Khartoum and two females  aged 27 and 30 years-old who requested ACJPS to withhold their identites. Mr Al- Fateh is a  human rights activist and a member of the Democratic Alliance …

(27 September 2021) African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) expresses its utmost concern over the physical safety and wellbeing of Mr Otaf Abdelwahab Altom, journalist and director of Al-Naba Center for Press Services who was arrested by the police force from his home and taken to Al-Mugran Police …

(21 September 2021) African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) expresses deep concern over the targeting of Sudanese citizens by the authorities for their online activity. ACJPS has documented an incident where a Sudanese journalists and human rights defender has been charged with defamation under article 159 of the …

(20 September 2021) Sudanese authorities should urgently drop all the trumped up charges levelled against two civic rights activists and human rights defenders, Musab Zakaria, a 19-year-old-male and Suleiman Jamal, a 25-year-old-male. African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) urges the authorities to respect and guarantee the right to …