The African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies recently released their Sudan Human Rights Monitor report for December 2009 through May 2010. The report contains numerous accounts of human right violations against protesters, opposition’s leaders, and all kinds of freedom of expression. One example:
“On 24 May, an unknown armed group broke up an engagement party in the female dormitories at the request of a dormitory supervisor, beating the women with iron sticks… A third year student in the faculty of Science, Halima Musa, was seriously injured and later died after being denied medical care by the Students Support Fund and the dormitory administration. … The following day, Dalnaj University students, calling themselves the “Support the Students Fund” gathered to demonstrate in solidarity with their colleagues and to protest the Students Support Fund’s actions. Police forces from Dalnaj city broke up the demonstration by firing into the crowd and using tear gas. Two students were killed.”
You can read the full report on their website.
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Tags: ACJPS, Government of Sudan, Human Rights, Sudanese elections
