Sudan Human Rights Network

We are writing to invite you to take part in the “Sudan March” Rally, an initiative to bring the whole spectrum of movements for human and civil rights in support of the nonviolent movements for change in Sudan. We call on Government of Sudan to stop killing of peaceful protesters, non-use of violence against them, to stop torture, and demand the release of all political detainees.

We appeal to all human rights activists and friends of Sudan of all nationalities to mobilize for the “march of Sudan” and to attend on time at 12 noon, on Saturday 16 February 2019, in front of the Capitol building (Congress).

Legislators, activists, and representatives of families of the victims of the Sudanese security authority’s brutality will deliver rally speech. The march will then proceed to the gardens of the White House at 3:00 pm.

Thank you,

Sudan Human Rights Network

Urgent Action: Free Badreldin Elsimat, February 3, 2019 – PDF

Badreldin Elsimat

Age: 72

Date of Arrest: Saturday, January 12, 2019

Where was he arrested: From his residence in Khartoum, capital city of Sudan

Place of detention: Unknown

Legal basis or reasons for the arrest: None was given.

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Urgent Action: Call for an International Independent Investigation on the killing of peaceful protesters in Sudan, January 21, 2019 – PDF

Memo To: United Nations Secretary-General Mr. António Guterres
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Urgent Action: Free Gafar Khidir, January 11, 2018 – PDF

Gafar Khidir Alhassan

Age: 48

Date of Arrest: Tuesday, January 8, 2019

Where was he arrested: From his residence in the city of Gadaref, Sudan

Place of detention: Security detention center at Salamabi Quarter, Gadaref, Sudan

Legal basis or reasons for the arrest: None was given.

عاجل: أطلقوا سراح جعفر خضر, January 11, 2018 – PDF

The Honorable (full name)
United States Senate
Washington, DC 20510

Subject: Gross Human Rights Violations in Sudan

Dear Senator (or Representative) last name:

I am writing to you regarding the deeply concerning human rights situation in Sudan. More than 40 people are reported to have been killed since the wave of protests against the government was started on December 19, 2018 in many cities around Sudan.

I am primarily concerned about the violent suppression by Sudanese Government forces of citizens’ rights to peaceful assembly and protest. These forces, including Intelligence Service, Police, and Army, have brutally beaten peaceful protestors with sticks and batons, fired tear gas, and used live ammunition to disperse protests.

According to Sudanese interior minister, Mr. Ahmed Bilal Osman, over 800 hundred protesters are in custody. Those activists remain detained incommunicado, and among them more than 50 Darfuri university students mainly targeted; concerns about their safety are rising among their families, neighborhoods, and friends.

Many credible human rights reports documented that government forces have attacked civilians in west and south regions of Sudan, specifically in Darfur, Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile on several occasions during the past year.

I am deeply concerned by the ongoing widespread and gross human rights violations and abuses, and arbitrary detention by Sudanese authorities of peaceful demonstrators, civil society party members, and activists.

Therefore, I urge the US Congress to call on the Sudanese Government to immediately stop their atrocities and violent crackdown on these peaceful protests, stop their unjustified, arbitrary arrests of peaceful demonstrators, and release all political detainees.

Thank you for your consideration of this humanitarian matter to call on the Sudanese authorities to stop their violation of human rights and using forces on demonstrators who are peacefully expressing their rights to speak out.

Sincerely,
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