Six human rights defenders, staff members and affiliates of the Centre for Training and Human Development
Cases- Location of case in SG report
- 2017-076-001
- Relevant SG report
- Year of the report
- 2017
- From Country
- Country Geolocation
Latitude: 12.862807
Longitude: 30.217636
- Country Geolocation (linked Cases)
- Sudan
- From Region
- UN body that raised the case prior to the SG report
- UN Special Procedures: Country
- UN Special Procedures: Thematic
- Dates of prior UN action
- 09 January 2017
- Type of record
- Named organization
- Was the victim a foreign national?
- No
- Was the victim a minor?
- No
- Type of rights defended
- Unclear in SG Report
- Was the victim a civil servant or member of the security forces or of the judiciary?
- No
- Reported trigger of reprisal
cooperation with the Human Rights Council
- Engagement with UN body
- UN Human Rights Council: UN Human Rights Council - General
- Dates of engagement
- Unclear
- Type of attempted engagement
- Unclear
- Dates of mentioned reprisals
- 22 May 2016; 15 August 2016
- Reprisal information
On 22 May 2016, these individuals were arrested by National Intelligence and Security Service agents, with three of them subsequently released on bail. On 15 August 2016, criminal case no. 110/2016 was filed against all of them, who were reportedly charged by the Prosecution Office under the 1991 Penal Code, pertaining to articles 21 (joint acts in execution of criminal conspiracy), 50 (undermining the constitutional system), 51 (waging war against the State), 53 (espionage against the country), and 65 (criminal and terrorist organizations). These charges, if confirmed, could lead to the application of the death penalty. The criminal charges brought against these six human rights defenders, and the ongoing arbitrary detention of three of them, are reportedly in part related to their cooperation with the Human Rights Council.
- Types of reprisals suffered
- Charge/Investigation/Prosecution: Charge/Investigation/Prosecution - General
- Detention/Imprisonment: Detention/Imprisonment - General
- Alleged/likely perpetrators
- State actors
- Was the reprisal based on new legislation?
- No
- Does the report make general comment about country’s environment for engagement with UN?
- No
- Further case development
At the time of the finalization of the report, no response had been received from the Government.
- Is the country cited for a "pattern of reprisal" in the context of this case?
- No
- Is a pattern of reprisals mentioned otherwise in the context of this case?
- No
- Does the report cite "self-censorship" as an issue in the context of this case?
- No
- How many times has the case been followed up in subsequent SG reports?
- 0