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Sudan: Repression Intensifies after Border Violence

Press release
May 17, 2012

Sudan has stepped up harassment of journalists, censorship, and arrests of political opponents in the wake of recent fighting with South Sudan.
Sudan: Crisis Conditions in Southern Kordofan

Press release
May 4, 2012

The Sudanese government forces are conducting indiscriminate bombings and abuses against civilians in the Nuba Mountains area of Southern Kordofan. Such attacks may amount to war crimes and crimes against humanity, and are creating a humanitarian crisis, exacerbated by the government’s denial of access to humanitarian agencies outside government-controlled towns.
Sudan: Blue Nile Civilians Describe Attacks, Abuses

Press release
Apr 23, 2012

Civilians are bearing the brunt of abuses in Sudan’s simmering border conflict in Blue Nile state, Human Rights Watch said today, based on a research trip in April 2012 into Blue Nile. As in neighboring Southern Kordofan, which Human Rights Watch visited in August 2011, civilians in Blue Nile continue to endure Sudan’s indiscriminate bombing and other abuses, even as new conflict between Sudan and South Sudan threatens to engulf the wider border area.
Letter to President of the Republic of South Sudan Salva Kiir Mayardit From South Sudanese Civil Society Organizations Regarding the Government of South Sudan’s Invitation to President Omar al-Bashir to Attend the April 2012 Presidential Summit in Juba

Letter
Mar 29, 2012
Sudan: Don’t Strip Citizenship Arbitrarily

Press release
Mar 2, 2012

Sudan should not strip Sudanese nationals of southern origin of their Sudanese citizenship if they are unable or unwilling to acquire South Sudanese citizenship.
Letter to Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon Regarding Contact between UN Representative Gambari and Sudanese President al-Bashir

Letter
Feb 1, 2012
Sudan: Rights Record Deteriorates With New Conflicts

Press release
Jan 22, 2012

Sudan’s human rights record deteriorated in 2011 with the eruption of new armed conflicts and crackdowns on students, rights advocates, and the media, Human Rights Watch said today in releasing its World Report 2012.
Obama Sends Military Support to Help Combat LRA Rebels

Impact
Jan 12, 2012

In October, 2011, the Obama administration said it would send 100 US military advisers to central Africa to help the region’s armies combat the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), a vicious Ugandan rebel group. Human Rights Watch has pressed the US government to help bring Joseph Kony and the LRA’s murderous leadership to justice, even appealing directly to President Barack Obama.
Sudan: End Violence Against Peaceful Protesters

Press release
Jan 3, 2012

Sudanese security forces should stop using excessive force to disperse peaceful student protests. Authorities should also immediately release detained activists, opposition members, and others arrested because of their political opinions, or charge them with appropriate crimes.
Sudan: ICC Warrant Request Advances Justice

Press release
Dec 2, 2011

The request by the International Criminal Court (ICC) prosecutor for an arrest warrant for Sudan’s defense minister is an important step toward justice for serious crimes committed in Darfur.