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REDRESS and partner organisations appeal to Africa’s main human rights body on behalf of Meriam Ibrahim – a woman sentenced to death in Sudan for her religion

REDRESS and five other organisations have lodged today a complaint against Sudan with Africa’s main human rights body, urging it to request Sudan to immediately release from prison Meriam Ibrahim and her two children, and to suspend a sentence of death and corporal punishment of 100 lashes for apostasy and adultery, which a Sudanese court imposed in May. Read More

African Commission rules that Sudan breached the rights of 88 internally displaced persons and needs to provide reparation for torture and other violations

In an important decision, Africa’s regional human rights treaty body – the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights – held that Sudan is responsible for the arbitrary arrest, detention, torture and ill-treatment of 88 internally displaced persons (IDPs). The 88 complainants are Sudanese nationals who had escaped conflict in… Read More