Oral intervention on the report of Special Rapporteur on Human Rights Defenders in Africa
13 October 2012
Honorable Chairperson, commissioners, distinguished delegates, The East and Horn of
Honorable Chairperson, commissioners, distinguished delegates, The East and Horn of
The East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project, the Cairo Institute for Human Rights Studies and the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies express their deep concern at the ongoing grave human rights violations in Sudan.
Excellency,
The undersigned organizations are writing to urge your delegation to ensure that serious and widespread human rights violations committed in Sudan are appropriately addressed by the UN Human Rights Council (HRC) during its current 21st session. One year after the independence of South Sudan, the human rights and humanitarian situation in Sudan has deteriorated. Recent months have seen a widespread crackdown against dissenting voices, opposition groups and protesters
Having considered reports on the situation for human rights defenders
Ayant considéré les rapports sur la situation des défenseurs des droits humains dans chaque pays de la sous-région à savoir le Burundi, le Djibouti, l’Érythrée, l’Éthiopie, le Kenya, le Rwanda, la Somalie (et le Somaliland), le Sud-Soudan, le Soudan, la Tanzanie et l’Ouganda…
Foreign ministers of African Union (AU) member states should reconsider
To: Foreign Ministers of Members of the African Union RE:
Mr. Salih, director of Teeba Press, former chief editor of Al-adwaa newspaper and a columnist, has been arbitrarily arrested and detained on three separate occasions on 8th, 9th and 15th May 2012. This follows almost two weeks of harassment by the National Intelligence and Security Services in Khartoum, who required him to report to their offices on a daily basis where he would be kept for the whole day. The arrests began after he refused to continue reporting voluntarily. On 15th May, Mr. Salih was charged with failure to cooperate with the order of a public officer to report at an appointed time and place.
On World Press Freedom Day, the East and Horn of
Human Rights Violations in the Republic of Sudan:
A Shadow Report to Sudan’s Fourth and Fifth Periodic Report to the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights
April 2012
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