X v. Libya
African Commission on Human and People's Rights (ACHPR)CASE BACKGROUND In October 2011, Mr X (name given to him to protect his identify), a member of the Tawergha community, was arbitrarily arrested…
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Magdy Moustafa El-Baghdady v Republic of the Sudan
African Commission on Human and People's Rights (ACHPR)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…
S.I. v Republic of Sudan
African Commission on Human and People's Rights (ACHPR)S.I. 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. S.I’s case highlights continued concerns of arbitrary arrests and sexual and gender-based violence (“SGBV”) against women, protestors, and human rights activist,…
Mariam Yahia Ibraheem and Others v Sudan
African Commission on Human and People's Rights (ACHPR)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…
Amin Mekki Medani & Farouq Abu Eissa v Sudan
African Commission on Human and People's Rights (ACHPR)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…
S.A. v DRC
African Commission on Human and People's Rights (ACHPR)S.A. (a pseudonym given to her to protect her identity) was raped by a member of the Armed Forces in the late 2000s, during the armed conflict in the Eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).
