Tag Archives: Public Order police

(6 September 2017) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) calls upon Sudanese authorities to urgently investigate the death of Usama Mohammed Abdulsalam, who died at the Diem Mayo public order police station in Port Sudan on 23 August 2017. Authorities should also review conditions in all Port …

(19 April 2016) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) together with the International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) and the International Refugee Rights Initiative (IRRI) today published a joint briefing for UN member states setting out key concerns and recommendations to improve the human rights situation in …

(25 December 2015) Five members of the Sudanese Athletics Team, including three women and two men, have been convicted for wearing indecent clothing by a Public Order court in Khartoum. The five were arrested on 28 November together with five other team members for wearing swimming costumes during a swimming …

Below is the text of the oral statement delivered by the Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA) and the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) during the official agenda item “NGO statements on the human rights situation in Africa” during the 57th session of …

A pdf version of the letter is available here. To Permanent Representatives of Members and Observer States of the UN Human Rights Council Geneva, 3 September 2015,   RE: Gravely deteriorating human rights and humanitarian situation in Sudan Excellency, We write to share our serious concerns about the deteriorating human rights …

(19 August 2014) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) has documented the death of a third detainee in custody in Port Sudan after he was flogged and detained under public order laws. On 10 August Jilani Mohamed Ahmed Abdul Rasul, (m), 24 years of age, and a …

(8 August 2014) Sudanese authorities should urgently investigate the deaths of two men in early August following their detention and flogging in a Port Sudan police station and hold those responsible to account, said the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS). Hussein Hadab, (m), age 45, a businessman …

To Permanent Representatives of member and observer states of the UN Human Rights Council Geneva, 18 July 2014 RE: Human rights situation in Sudan at the 27thsession of the Human Rights Council Excellency, The undersigned organizations urge your delegation to recognize and respond to the gravity of the human rights …

(27 June 2014) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) calls on the government of Sudan to uphold the right to a fair trial before the criminal courts after documenting a surge in the number of arrests of women by the public order police for the sale of …

(13 June 2014) Next month the United Nations Human Rights Committee will review Sudan’s progress implementing its obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights (ICCPR). The Committee will assess, amongst other things, Sudan’s compliance guaranteeing the right to life, the right to be free from torture and …