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- Monday 17 June 2013
June 16, 2013 (RUMBEK) - Sources in the Lakes state capital Rumbek claim a man was tortured to death on Saturday night in Langcok military prison, while a number of other inmates remain in critical condition suffering from torture (...)
- Wednesday 12 June 2013
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Sudan Law Reform Advocacy Briefing
May 2013
Welcome to the first issue of the Sudan Law Reform Advocacy Briefing Sudan Law Reform Advocacy Briefing May 2013
This Briefing will be published quarterly to highlight and (...)
- Wednesday 3 April 2013
April 3, 2013 (KHARTOUM) - There are ongoing reports that asylum-seekers and refugees kidnapped from camps on the Sudan-Eritrea border are being subject to cruel and inhuman treatment at the hands of their captors, including rape, (...)
- Thursday 28 February 2013
February 27, 2013 (NAIROBI) - Sudanese government doctors amputated a man’s right hand and left foot by court order in Khartoum on 14 February, violating international laws prohibiting torture and cruel, inhuman, or degrading (...)
- Wednesday 1 May 2013
April 30, 2013 (RUMBEK) - Lakes state’s parliament could soon move to impeach the military caretaker Governor if an election is not held as per the young nation’s constitution, an MP warned the South Sudanese government on Tuesday. Matur (...)
- Monday 18 February 2013
February 17, 2013 (RUMBEK) - A 28-year old woman, previously held in Rumbek Central Prison in South Sudan’s Lakes state, has died after a member of the state’s auxiliary force allegedly raped her. Inmates attend classes in Malakal (...)
- Monday 11 March 2013
March 10, 2013 (RUMBEK) - The chairman of the Rumbek Youth Union in Australia, Magang Chol Mathei, has appeal to Lakes state’s leadership to release an Australian citizen who has been arrested and allegedly "tortured" in connection with (...)
- Thursday 2 May 2013
May 1, 2013 (RUMBEK) - Nine young men who have been detained since February in a secret Lakes state military prison were released last weekend after being forced to pay a fine.
Their release comes after 20 young men were also released (...)
- Friday 17 May 2013
By Tesfa-Alem Tekle
May 16, 2013 (ADDIS ABABA) - The United Nations special rapporteur on Eritrea, Sheila B. Keetharuth, said the human rights situation in the reclusive Red Sea nation remained “unacceptable”, calling for the country to (...)
- Tuesday 12 February 2013
African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS)
(12 February 2013)
The Sudanese authorities must grant detainee Professor Mohamed Zain Alabidein immediate access to a specialist medical doctor and appropriate medical treatment. (...)
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