Sudan: Prominent human rights defender detained incommunicado
(20 December 2016) A prominent Sudanese human rights defender (HRD),
(20 December 2016) A prominent Sudanese human rights defender (HRD),
On the opening day of its 59th Ordinary session, DefendDefenders calls
Our organisations, the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project and ACJPS, would like to express concern regarding the crackdown by the Government of Sudan on independent civil society, and the severe circumscription of the right to freedom of expression.
Despite Sudan’s commitments to ensure a safe and enabling environment for human rights defenders, civil society, the media, and members of the opposition, the East and Horn of Africa Human Rights Defenders Project and the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies remain extremely concerned by the repeated arbitrary detention of such actors in Sudan.
To Permanent Representatives of Members and Observer States of the
Sudanese authorities should drop all charges against 10 activists affiliated
The lives of civilians in Sudan’s conflict areas of Darfur, Blue Nile, and South Kordofan continue to be marred by armed conflict, insecurity, and serious violations of international human rights and humanitarian law. Impunity for these abuses against civilians remains the norm. 5 CSOs urge the ACHPR to take action.
An overview of the Human Rights Situation in the East and Horn of Africa between October 2015 and March 2016
Four representatives of Sudanese civil society were intercepted by security officials at Khartoum International Airport on their way to a high level human rights meeting with diplomats in Geneva. 36 organisations and seven prominent Sudanese individuals condemn this blatant contempt for HRDs in Sudan and human rights in general.
Les défenseurs des droits de l’homme doivent travailler dans un
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