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Civil Society forum, Sudan and South Sudan, May 2013
The first session of the Civil Society Forum on Sudan and South Sudan convened in Addis Ababa on 21-23 January 2013. The second session in Addis Ababa on 16-18 May 2013. The Third session in Addis Ababa, Ethiopia, January 20 - 22 nd, 2014. This event was organised by Darfur Relief and Documentation Centre in collaboration with the African Centre for Democracy and Human Rights Studies, Darfur Bar Association, Human Rights Institute of South Africa and South Sudan Human Rights Society for Advocacy. The Forum adopted 11 (eleven) resolutions addressing an array of issues in Sudan and Republic of South Sudan.
In July 2004, DRDC observed that: "Two criminal aspects underpin the ethnic cleansing in the Darfur region viz.
a) The premeditated and systematic mass killing and physical destruction – in whole or in part – of the indigenous African tribes of Darfur such as the Fur,
Massaleet and Zaghawa because of their ethnic and/or tribal backgrounds; and
b) The appropriation of the victims’ land, the confiscation of their livestock and other material wealth and in some cases for extortion of money for protection
by the militia groups in the absence of government authority."
“The roots of Darfur’s crisis lie in a history of neglect of the Sudanese peripheries, dating from colonial times and continuing during the years of Sudan’s independence. The crisis in Darfur is a manifestation of Sudan’s inequitable distribution of wealth and power"
“The government doesn’t have an understanding of what it means when women say repeatedly to different people: ‘We are being raped. We are being beaten. We are being brutalized. We are fearful.’ I do not think the people we talked to tonight understand. Ms. Graça Mandela-Machel, Concluding Press Conference, Khartoum, 4”th October 2007.
“Many of the people that we met with in Chad are giving up hope in the belief that the responsibility to protect doesn’t seem to have any meaning
or relevance in their lives and in addressing the situation in Darfur.”Professor Jody Williams, 1997 Nobel Peace Prize Laureate, comments on her Mission Report on Darfur,16 March 2000.
“This report demonstrates, beyond all doubt, that the last two years have been little short of hell on earth for our fellow human beings in Darfur.
And despite the attention the Council has paid to this crisis, that hell continues today.”
"This is ethnic cleansing, this is the world's greatest humanitarian crisis, and I don't know why the world isn't doing more about it."
November 2013
Sudan Human Rights and Humanitarian Bulletin
16 to 30 November 2013
General Observations
The human rights and humanitarian situation in Sudan continued to deteriorate during the last two weeks. Full-blown war between the army and the insurgent groups in South and West Kordofan States has erupted with major military operations around Dilling and Abukarshola area in South Kordofan. There are reports of scorched-earth tactics being used through aerial bombardment and ground attacks by the army and militiamen targeting habitats, farms and fruit plantations with serious consequences on the safety of civilians thus forcing thousands to become internally displaced persons (IDPs).
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A. Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
1. Violations of Civil and Political Rights
Mr. Mohamed Ali Mohamedou A. Sabi, a journalist with Al-Akhbar daily newspaper has been detained incommunicado in a security facility since his arrest in Khartoum on
28 September 2013. The reasons for the continued detention of Mr. Sabi are not clear as all other journalists arrested for their perceived role in the September/October
demonstrations have now been released. On 19 November 2013, the NISS allowed his brother to meet him for a brief period of time in Kober prison where he was relocated for this visit and later taken to an unknown destination. Information emerging after this visit revealed that his health condition is deteriorating rapidly and he could not walk normally.
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November 2013
Sudan Human Rights and Humanitarian Bulletin
01 to 15 November 2013
General Observations
The human rights and humanitarian situation in Sudan continued to deteriorate during the last two weeks. The escalation of fighting between the army and the insurgent groups in Darfur and in the Nuba Mountains in the first two weeks of November 2013 is aggravating the situation further. On its part, the Government of Sudan (GoS) declared that rebellion all over Sudan will be eliminated by the end of 2013 and started massive deployment of security forces into the conflict-affected areas. A campaign of forcible displacement of civilians by aerial bombardment and attacks by pro-government militia is expected to intensify in the coming weeks.
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A. Human Rights and Fundamental Freedoms
1. Violations of Civil and Political Rights
Hundreds of pro-democracy activists and protestors are still being held incommunicado in the major towns and cities of Sudan, usually in detention centres run by the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS). Most of the detainees are held without judicial purview or access to lawyers or family members. Detainees are usually held under deplorable conditions without appropriate medical attention or enough food. Demands by families of the detainees to the authorities to disclose their whereabouts and detention conditions and the calls for the release of these detainees, were often met by violence from NISS and police. At present, 16 young men aged 16 to 23 years, including two minors (Salih Al-Sayed Babo, 16 years old and Sabit Musa, 17 years old) are under trial in Al-Klakla Criminal Court in Khartoum. They are accused of sabotage and vandalism in two cases (Case No 8670/2013 and Case No 8700/2013).
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