• HUMAN RIGHTS IN SUDAN

    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. 

  • Girls carrying water at the Doro refugee camp in Maban, Upper Nile state in South Sudan. Female refugees and humanitarian agencies say that the risk of physical and sexual assault while collecting water or firewood is one of the gravest safety ad security concerns faced by female refugees. According to the UNHCR, the United Nations refugee agency, girls (under 18) are 32 percent of the entire Blue Nile refugee population registered in the four camps in Upper Nile state, South Sudan.
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    Sudan: Civilians Describe Toll of Attacks
    The Sudanese government’s indiscriminate aerial bombardment and shelling in Blue Nile and Southern Kordofan states has killed and injured scores of civilians since the conflict began more than a year ago, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Government forces have raided villages, burned and looted civilian property, arbitrarily detained people, and assaulted and raped women and girls.
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  • Sudan: Civilians Describe Toll of Attacks
    Dec 11, 2012
    The Sudanese government’s indiscriminate aerial bombardment and shelling in Blue Nile and Southern Kordofan states has killed and injured scores of civilians since the conflict began more than a year ago, Human Rights Watch said in a report released today. Government forces have raided villages, burned and looted civilian property, arbitrarily detained people, and assaulted and raped women and girls.
  • Sudan: Justice Needed for Student Deaths
    Dec 10, 2012
    Sudanese authorities should immediately investigate the deaths of four student protesters and the disappearance of two others at the beginning of December 2012, in Madani, Jazeera state, and hold those responsible to account.
  • Sudan: North Darfur Attack Kills 13 Civilians
    Nov 7, 2012
    The government of Sudan should urgently investigate an attack on a village in North Darfur on November 2, 2012, that killed 13 civilians. The authorities should allow African Union/United Nations (UNAMID) peacekeepers prompt and full access to the site.
  • UN Human Rights Council: Interactive Dialogue With the Independent Expert on Sudan
    Oct 3, 2012
    Human Rights Watch deeply regrets that the shift of the mandate of the Independent Expert on Sudan from Item 4 to Item 10 was used by the Sudanese authorities to restrict the ability of the mandate holder to monitor the human rights situation in the country and to prevent the identification of human rights violations and abuses.
  • UN Human Rights Council: Interactive Dialogue With the Independent Expert on Sudan
    Sep 25, 2012
    Human Rights Watch deeply regrets that the shift of the mandate of the Independent Expert on Sudan from Item 4 to Item 10 was used by the Sudanese authorities to restrict the ability of the mandate holder to monitor the human rights situation in the country and to prevent the identification of human rights violations and abuses. We are concerned that this is happening while the human rights situation in the country has seriously deteriorated.
  • UN Human Rights Council: Addressing Deteriorating Rights Situation in Sudan
    Sep 16, 2012
    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. This has included mass arbitrary detentions and torture, pre and post print censorship of media outlets, and harassment of human rights defenders and journalists.
  • Sudan: Police Fatally Shoot Darfur Protesters
    Aug 3, 2012
    The Sudanese government should forcefully condemn the killing of 12 peaceful protesters in South Darfur by police and other security forces on July 31, 2012, and investigate and prosecute those responsible.
  • Letter to UNSC Members on August 2 deadline for Sudan and South Sudan
    Aug 2, 2012
  • AU: Don’t Endorse Sudan, Ethiopia for Rights Council
    Jul 13, 2012

    Foreign ministers of African Union (AU) member states should reconsider a decision that would allow Sudan and Ethiopia to gain uncontested seats on the United Nations Human Rights Council, a group of African and international civil society organizations said on July 11, 2012 in a letter.

  • Sudan: Torture, Abuse of Demonstrators
    Jul 11, 2012
    The Sudanese authorities should immediately stop the torture and ill-treatment of those detained following demonstrations since mid-June 2012, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today.
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