DBA: ’10+ lawyers targeted and killed in South Darfur’
The Darfur Bar Association (DBA) reports that more than 10 lawyers and human rights defenders have been killed in Nyala,...
Call on OHCHR for independent mechanism to investigate abuses in Sudan
A group of 117 Sudanese, regional and international human rights organisations have called on the United Nations Human Rights Council...
Sudan passport fees hike ‘blackmail’
The increase in Sudanese passport issuance fees, now set at SDG150,000 for adults and SDG75,000 for children, has been widely...
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New army-SPLM-N clashes reported in Sudan’s Nuba Mountains
A number of army soldiers and rebel fighters were killed in an attack by the Sudan People’s Liberation Movement-North under...
Seven women activists detained at Sudan ‘enforced disappearances’ vigil
At least seven women human rights defenders and a journalist were apprehended by authorities at a vigil organised by the...
Lawyers say ‘evidence flawed’, Sudan court releases activist Tupac
Activist Mohamed Adam, known by the moniker 'Tupac’ and previously charged with the killing of a police officer last year,...
Sudan activist politicians promote ‘power to the people’
A group of Sudanese intellectuals and political activists recently put forward “a national vision” to stop the war between the...
JBI calls for action to protect non-Arab communities in Darfur against genocide
The Jacob Blaustein Institute for the Advancement of Human Rights (JBI) last week published an urgent appeal for protection amidst...
‘Harsh’ conditions for Sudanese refugees arriving in Chad
Over 16,000 people have fled from Sirba in West Darfur to the Chadian area of Grena, while refugees warn that...
USA calls on Sudan’s RSF for ‘zero tolerance for sexual violence’
The USA has strongly condemned “the widespread conflict-related wave of sexual violence in Sudan attributed by reliable sources, including victims,...
Zalingei residents swell camps for displaced in Central Darfur capital
Ongoing battles between the Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) and the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in the camps for displaced people...
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