In 2009, the flogging of women in Sudan for ‘indecent or immoral dress’ came into the public spotlight through the high profile case of Lubna Hussein. However, this case was not an isolated incide...
On 24 February 2010, 57 alleged members of Sudanese armed opposition group, the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), some of whom had been sentenced to death, were released from prison in Sudan's c...
Writer Mark Danner reflects on what we can learn from the genocides of the late 1990s.
Two alleged members of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), an armed opposition group based in the Darfur region in western Sudan, have been sentenced to death for their alleged participation i...
Six of seven men sentenced to death in 2006 for their alleged involvement in riots at a camp for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Sudan were executed on 14 January 2010. A seventh man had his ...
Jimmy Mulla discusses his work uniting people from all regions of Sudan who now live in the United States into a voice for peace.
The Sudan Peoples’ Liberation Movement (SPLM) yet again delivered on its thousand and one vows to boycott sessions of the National Legislature last week. The reason this time was parliamentary deba...
Taylor Krauss discusses the oral history project with Rwandan genocide survivors that he leads, Voices of Rwanda.
Here’s a paradox: declining levels of worldwide conflict and increasing violence against aid workers. The Human Security Report has documented a worldwide decline in the number and intensity of arm...
A new book edited by Sara Pantuliano, Uncharted Territory: Land, Conflict and Humanitarian Action (ODI and Practical Action, November 2009), breaks new ground in addressing the land dimension to cr...
Amnesty International has learned that the Danish government hasinvited Sudanese President al Bashir to attend a meeting in Copenhagen on climate changein December.
Writer and researcher Bec Hamilton discusses what she describes as one of the most pressing and least publicized needs in Darfur: aid for rape victims.
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