Tag Archives: Torture

(16 March 2023) African Center for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) calls upon the Sudanese authorities to urgently carryout an investigation into the custodial death of Kamal Adam Haroun, a 26-year-old man in Nyala City, South Darfur. On 5 March 2023, the body of Mr. Haroun was found at the …

(3 March, 2023) A Sudanese man is at risk of a court-ordered right-hand amputation in Omdurman for theft.  On 28 February 2023, the South Omdurman Criminal Court presided by Judge Marwan Suleiman Mahjoob sentenced Mr. Hassan (Pseudo name) aged 29 to amputation of the right hand and imprisonment for two …

(30 December 2020) Sudanese authorities should urgently investigate the reported abduction, torture, and custodial death of Mr. Baha Eldeen Nory Mohamed Ali. On 16 December, Mr. Baha Eldeen was picked up by two armed men and later detained at a Rapid Support Forces (RSF) detention centre in Alsafia neighbourhood in Khartoum …

This report is based on research conducted onsite in South Sudan by internationally trained local monitors working for a national human rights organization. The monitors and the organization must remain anonymous given present security concerns. The information reported meets the threshold for initiating an investigation before a judicial mechanism, as …

(16 January 2018) Sudanese authorities should urgently investigate the torture and custodial death of a Pharmacist and alleged ill-treatment and torture of five others accused of misusing emergency drugs at Giraida hospital and selling them to private pharmacies. On 10 January 2018 at 9 AM, six medical professionals attached to Giraida …

(19 December 2017) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) calls for urgent steps to be taken to investigate and hold to account the perpetrators of a gang rape of a 16-year-old girl and a woman who reported the incident to the police in Nertiti, Central Darfur. Sudanese authorities …

(6 December 2017) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies has serious concerns about the physical and psychological well-being of two students who were reportedly subjected to torture by the National Intelligence and Security Services in Babanoosa city, West Kordofan state, whilst in detention from 27-28 November 2017. Sudanese authorities …

Letter regarding the human rights situation in Sudan during the 36th session of the UN Human Rights Council To Permanent Representatives of Members and Observer States of the UN Human Rights Council Geneva, Switzerland 21 September 2017 Re: Current human rights and humanitarian situation in Sudan Excellencies, We write to …

(10 September 2017) The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) is deeply concerned for the safety of 30 children between 15 and 17 years of age who were forcibly returned to Eritrea by the Sudanese authorities on 29 August. The children were part of a group of 66 …

(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 …