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This case concerns the arbitrary detention, torture and ill-treatment of Magdy El-Baghdady by Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS, now the General Intelligence Service) in 2011. In 2024, the African Commission on Human and Peoples’ Rights found Sudan responsible for serious human rights violations and ordered reparation measures, including…
Safia Ishaq Mohammed Issa was arbitrarily arrested and detained, beaten and gang raped by Sudanese State agents in 2011 after participating in pro-democracy youth rallies as a student in Khartoum, Sudan. Safia’s case highlights continued concerns of arbitrary arrests and sexual and gender-based violence (“SGBV”) against women, protestors, and…
Mariam Yahia Ibraheem was sentenced to death for apostasy and corporal punishment of 100 lashes in Sudan for adultery in 2014 because as a Christian woman and the daughter of a Muslim man, she married a Christian man. She was detained while pregnant in Omdurman’s Women Prison in inhuman conditions…
Dr. Medani and Mr. Eissa were human rights defenders in Sudan who were arrested in December 2014. They were arbitrarily detained for over four months, ill-treated, charged with unsubstantiated offences that carried a punishment of the death…
This case relates to human rights violations committed by the former Government of Sudan, arising from hostilities in South Kordofan and Blue Nile in 2011 and involving the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and allied forces, as well as the Sudan People’s Liberation Army-North. THE STORY In this case, we alleged that in 2011, the SAF and allied militia groups under the then-Government…