The Sudan government has continued to escalate its assaults against civil society, most notably with the recent arrests of several Sudanese activists. In December, the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS) authorities arrested human rights lawyer Tasneem Ahmed Taha, as well as three other lawyers, a move which prompted more than 200 lawyers to sign a petition…
BAHRAIN: Nabeel Rajab’s trial has been postponed again to September 5. He is currently awaiting trial for charges in relation to his twitter posts in which he spoke out against the use of torture in Bahrain’s prisons. Others from his organization, Bahrain Centre for Human Rights, have had travel bans imposed on them by the…
The African Democracy Forum (ADF) released a statement expressing concern about the eruption of violence on July 7, 2016 between supporters of South Sudan’s President Salvir Kiir, and Vice President Riek Machar. The two are leaders of the country’s two biggest ethnic groups – Dinka Group and Nuer Group – who fought on opposite sides…
Over the last several weeks, the Government of Sudan has made an effort to obstruct the engagement of civil society activists in a United Nations (UN)-led human rights review of the country. In a statement on March 31, 2016, 37 Sudanese and international organizations deemed this practice unacceptable and argued that it shows the…