Since June 2012, the Sudanese government has violently dispersed youth-led protests against austerity measures and ruling party policies. Security forces have arrested and detained scores of preceived opponents.  They continue to mistreat and torture detainees and censor the media. Fighting between government forces and armed opposition groups in Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile states, bordering South Sudan, broke out in June 2011. Sudan’s indiscriminate bombing in civilian-populated areas has displaced hundreds of thousands of people in Sudan and South Sudan. The conflict in the western region of Darfur continues, nine years on, with no signs of resolution.