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THE SUDAN HUMAN RIGHTS ORGANIZATION –CAIRO
May 26, 2011
Urgent Press Release
Non-constitutional acts violate human rights and fundamental freedoms
Abrogate non-constitutional laws Enforce CPA/IC and The Hague peaceful
settlement in Abyei Stop the intelligence trial of Garray
The Sudan Government never ceased offensive practices against people
in gross violation of the Interim Constitution (IC) and the rule of
law since inauguration of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in
2005 up to the present time. Most particularly, the government’s
national intelligence and security department continued to harass
women, in general, in addition to a great number of women and men
activists, including workers and farmers; writers and journalists;
lawyers and doctors; and the college students that voiced grievances
of society or criticized publicly unlawful practices by the government
authorities.
Following the shameless rigging of national elections by state
managers in April 2010, these and other policies of intimidation and
repression continued unabated by arbitrary detentions and tortures, as
well as flagrant abuses of the law to intimidate women by flogging and
other dehumanizing penalties, and to silence increased popular
opposition all over the country to the ruling group. Most recently,
however, the government escalated repression by launching large-scale
armed offensive in Abyei that has widely devastated the innocent
residents of Abyei to fail the possibilities of a peaceful settlement
of the dispute by the CPA/IC and The Hague mediation.
Clearly, the authorities’ determination to pursue human rights
violations has been serving the ruling group’s intention to engage the
South Sudan Government in risks of war, as well as enforcing laws of
repression to suppress the democratic opposition in the North. To
restore peace to the area, we advise the government to withdraw all
non members of the CPA legally-specified Joint-Forces in order to
pursue immediate peaceful negotiations in accordance with the CPA
provisions, in addition to Articles 145-147 of the Interim
Constitution concerning the country’s Joint Forces and the permanent
cease fire obligations. We equally ask the two partners to engage the
democratic opposition of the country in negotiation and
decision-making to safeguard upcoming agreements.
SHRO-Cairo has consistently urged the government to put a final end on
all these violations; abrogate the penal law’s tortures and
dehumanizing punishments together with the other laws that antagonized
the letter and/or spirit of the CPA/IC; ensure the rule of law by
constitutional provisions, lawful procedures, and independent
judiciary; and respect the will of the People of Sudan to live in
peace by autonomous governance all over the country in compliance with
the CPA/IC. Time is now for both government and opposition forces to
come to terms through a national constitutional conference to heal the
persistent ailments of Sudan’s governance; to resolve the crisis in
Darfur and the government’s most recently unlawfully developed war
situation in Abyei; and to prohibit harassment of the Sudanese citizen
by the intelligence and security forces and their collaborative
bodies.
The Sudan Human Rights Organization- Cairo asks the authorities to
ensure the freedom of thought and expression for all citizens,
irrespective of any distinction by political stands, religious
preferences, or ideological commitments. The Government of Sudan must
immediately:
• Abrogate the non-constitutionality of the public order; national
intelligence and security system; criminal and penal law; and all
legislation that contradicted the CPA/IC;
• Withdraw the non-participant members of the Abyei Joint Forces, as
legally specified by the CPA/IC, to be able to reconsider seriously
the Hague peaceful settlement of the dispute;
• Suspend all intelligence and security charges against the Press;
• Release all detained journalists, lawyers, or activists in
opposition to the government’s aggression in Darfur and the other
regions of Sudan;
• Stop the National Intelligence and Security Department’s shameless
plan in collaboration with regime’s supporters to prevent writer Omer
Abd-Allah el-Garray from journalist work by criminal trial on the 29th
of May.
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