Tag Archives: killings

(29 July 2015) Sudanese authorities should urgently investigate the torture and custodial death of one man and reported torture of two others accused of providing information to the rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM). Immediate steps should be taken to guarantee the safety of the two men, who face an …

(10 December 2014) Sudan has detained two prominent public figures on their return from political negotiations held in Addis Ababa between Sudanese political and armed opposition groups. A large number of personnel from the Sudanese National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS), arriving in six vehicles, arrested Dr. Amin Mekki Medani, …

(5 December 2014) at 6.50pm on 25 November 2014 a group of four armed men, two dressed in military uniform and two in plain clothes, ambushed a bus carrying 26 civilians travelling from Hamada village to Manawashi village in South Darfur. The armed group opened fire on the bus around …

FIDH – International Federation for Human Rights ACJPS – African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (22 September 2014) Tomorrow, 23 September 2014, will mark the one year anniversary of the outbreak of demonstrations in cities throughout Sudan that were sparked by the lifting of fuel subsidies the day before, …

(3 September 2014) The brutal suppression of protest in Sudan must end, and members of the security forces responsible for killing, injuring, and torturing protesters must be held to account, said Amnesty International and the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) in a report published today. The report, Excessive and deadly: …

(26 May 2014) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) continues to document targeted attacks on civilians in South Darfur after a brutal counter-insurgency campaign led by the Government’s paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the state has subsided. On 14 May four civilians, including one child, were …