Thematic Reports

 (17 April 2019) African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) has received reliable information indicating that more than 800 peaceful protesters and activists have been released after spending more than 2 months in custody without charge. Their release on 13 April 2019 comes after the newly appointed head of the …

Joint Open Letter (16 April 2019) Excellency, We, the undersigned Sudanese, African and International civil society organizations write to express our solidarity with the people of Sudan who, over the past several months, have been calling for a peaceful, democratic transition. This effort has been endangered by the 11 April …

(Paris, Kampala) 12 April 2019 – FIDH and ACJPS consider that Omar Al-Bashir’s removal from power, ending his 30-year dictatorial regime, should pave the way to establish democracy and the rule of law in Sudan. Our organizations are deeply concerned by the statements made by the Vice President and Minister …

12 April 2019 South Sudan has experienced widespread human rights abuses and crimes, including a significant amount of sexual and gender-based violence coupled with ethnic violence, since the conflict began in December 2013. Since the start of the conflict, violence has escalated at an alarming rate across the country, resulting …

(10 April 2019)What has happened in Sudan since 6 April can leave no doubt as to the seriousness of the Sudanese people to dismiss a regime that has remained in power for 30 years through its dependence on the tools of dictatorship, kleptocracy, patronage, fear and wide-scale human rights abuse. …

(5 APRIL 2019) Since the last week of March 2019, the NISS of the Darfur region have launched a campaign of arrest, targeting political and civil activists for actual or suspected participation in the ongoing anti-government protests. The campaign followed the protests of 28 March 2019 announced by Sudanese Professional Association …

(4 April 2019) On 17 March 2019, the National Intelligence Security Services (NISS) lifted a pre- publication censorship imposed on Algareeda, Albaath, Al Maidan and Akhbar Al-Watan newspapers between 20 December 2018 and 11 March 2019. The censorship was lifted after NISS introduced new measures to restrict the media including, a …

(19 March 2019) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) has received reliable information indicating that 54 detainees have been released by National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS). Those released include; political activists, human rights defenders, doctors, activists, university professors and students. Thirty six of the 54  are …

(15 March 2019) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) expresses its utmost concern over the physical safety and wellbeing of eight activists detained incommunicado without charge by the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS). The activists were arrested between December 2018 and February 2019 for actual or …

(13 March 2019) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) calls upon Sudanese authorities to urgently investigate the reported torture and custodial death of three University students who were detained by the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) for participating in the ongoing protests. Mr Muhajoob Eltaj Muhajoob, …