Persberichtenoverzicht van Sudan

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Journalists face increasing harassment in Sudan

3 mei 2012

A raft of new tactics are being used to silence journalists in Sudan in a crackdown by Khartoum’s authorities dating from the start of uprisings in North Africa in January 2011, Amnesty International said in a new briefing released on World Press Freedom Day.

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World Press Freedom Day: Attacks against journalists around the world

1 mei 2012

Journalists working in traditional media outlets from Pakistan to Colombia, Mexico to Sudan plus most nations across Eastern Europe and the Middle East faced harassment, attacks, unfair imprisonment or even death just for doing their job.

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Sudanese air strikes threaten humanitarian efforts in South Sudan

24 april 2012

Hopes that last week’s South Sudanese decision to withdraw forces from the Heglig oil fields in Sudan would reduce the tension between the two countries seem to have been dashed.

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Sudan: End bombings and allow humanitarian access into conflict regions

17 februari 2012

A call by the United Nations Security Council to allow for immediate and unhindered humanitarian access in Southern Kordofan and Blue Nile states is a welcome move, Amnesty International said today.

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Darfur: New weapons from China and Russia fuelling conflict

9 februari 2012

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Arms sales from China and Russia are fuelling serious human rights violations in Darfur, Amnesty International said today. These arms transfers highlight the urgent need to strengthen the existing ineffectual UN arms embargo and for governments to agree an effective Arms Trade Treaty.

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South Sudan/Sudan: UN must step up security efforts to allow civilians displaced from Abyei to return

19 december 2011

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The United Nations must step up efforts to provide the security required for tens of thousands of civilians stranded in makeshift camps in South Sudan to return to their homes after fleeing fighting in Abyei more than six months ago, Amnesty International said today.

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Refugees tell of bombing in Sudan’s Blue Nile State: Part 2

7 december 2011

The Sudanese government is keeping Blue Nile State closed off to human rights NGOs and aid agencies, including the UN.

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Refugees tell of bombing in Sudan’s Blue Nile State: Part 1

6 december 2011

“Because of the bombing” is what every single one of the refugees told us when we asked why they had fled their homes. In the past few days we have been meeting the refugees displaced by repeated Sudanese army airstrikes on their towns and villages in Sudan’s Blue Nile State. They are now sheltering in South Sudan’s Upper Nile State.

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Malawi must arrest Sudan’s al-Bashir during visit

13 oktober 2011

Malawi should arrest wanted Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and surrender him to the International Criminal Court (ICC), Amnesty International said today.

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Sudan: Southern Kordofan Civilians Tell of Air Strike Horror

29 augustus 2011

The Sudan Armed Forces (SAF) are indiscriminately bombing civilian areas in the Nuba Mountains region of Southern Kordofan and preventing aid from reaching desperate displaced people, Amnesty International and Human Rights Watch said today.

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Persvoorlichters

	Lars van Troost (Hoofd persvoorlichting) 020-7733666 06-14778824 l [dot] vantroost [at] amnesty [dot] nl
	Ruud Bosgraaf 020-7733667 06-23341533 r [dot] bosgraaf [at] amnesty [dot] nl
	Nicole Sprokel 020-7733677 06-22109964 n [dot] sprokel [at] amnesty [dot] nl
	Emile Affolter 020-7733669 06-34490977 e [dot] affolter [at] amnesty [dot] nl