SUDANESE VOICES

The Darfur Consortium not only seeks to highlight the voices of African activists working for a just and sustainable peace in Sudan, it also seeks to highlight the perspectives of Sudanese advocates even though these groups are not formally part of the network.

Below is a sample of Sudanese perspectives on the crisis in Darfur and related challenges to human rights in Sudan as a whole.

2010 Archives

Press release

“Seizing the final opportunity”: Leading members of Sudanese civil society call for national conference

(Khartoum, February 4, 2009) Representatives of independent Sudanese civil society organizations, media and rights activists called on Sudanese government, political actors and civil society members to urgently convene a conference to discuss the crisis brought on by the Sudanese government’s reaction to the charges brought by the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court against the President of Sudan.

In a statement presented at a press conference in the Sudanese capital Khartoum, civil society, media and rights activists said reactions within Sudan to the possible indictment of President Bashir by the International Criminal Court (ICC) had “generated confusion and uncertainty” forcing the Government into confrontation with both its own people and the international community.  There was an urgent need as a result for all political forces within Sudan to come together to discuss the situation “holistically” with the support of those “regional and international stakeholders directly contributing to peace, justice and democracy.”   

Read the press release here.

An Open Letter from Monim Elgak to Salah Goush: regarding my arrest, torture and the International Criminal Court (ICC)

December 19, 2008

Dear Sir Salah Abdullah (Gosh), Director General of Sudanese Security and Intelligence,

I am writing to you a little later than would be expected. The torture and interrogation by your officers at the national security service has left me weak. This is an open letter, addressed to you personally equally as it is addressed to your colleagues, both  at the National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) and your ruling party, the National Congress Party (NCP). Although the letter recounts my own personal experience it also echoes I believe the reactions of hundreds, and perhaps thousands, of people who were horrified at my arrest and torture.

Read the letter here.
In Arabic.

Statement of the Sudan Human Rights Defenders Forum (SHRD - Forum)

(Khartoum, December 16, 2008) Following the signing of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) in 2005, ending more than 20 years of conflict in South Sudan, the peace building processes in Sudan remains challenging. In addition, this is in contrast to the expectations and hopes invested in the 2005 Sudan National Interim Constitution.

Individuals and organizations working and advocating for human rights across the
country continue to face multiple risks to their activities and lives.

Read the statement here.