Tag Archives: Arbitrary detention

(25 November 2023) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) expresses its utmost concern over the physical safety and wellbeing of four Sudanese citizens including three human rights defenders detained by the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF). They were detained between 10th October and 6th November 2023 and …

(31 July, 2023) African Center for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) calls upon the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the Paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) to cease the harassment and intimidation of human rights defenders and activists for their work. ACJPS has documented several incidents where human rights defenders and …

(16 April 2018) On 10 April 2018, about four days to the scheduled visit of the UN Independent Expert on Sudan, President Omer Hassan Al-Bashir issued a presidential decree ordering for the release of all political detainees. Following the announcement, individuals detained during the January/February 2018 anti-austerity protests were released …

(Paris-Geneva-Kampala, May 17, 2016) Sudanese authorities should immediately release and guarantee the safety of 12 student activists currently detained incommunicado and without charges by Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) in connection with protests on the University of Khartoum campus, FIDH, the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) and the African …