“In my many travels to Sudan over the years, I have been inspired by the resilience, courage and vision of civil society leaders and activists,” writes Ambassador Princeton N Lyman (left), the US Special Envoy to South Sudan and Sudan.…
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February 28, 2013
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Sudan’s civil society crackdown ‘emboldens hardliners and detractors,’ says US envoy
January 16, 2013
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Democracy in decline, autocrats on the offensive
Newly emerging popular movements for reform were the driving force behind the Middle East’s major gains in democratic rights last year, according to Freedom in the World 2013, Freedom House’s annual report. But other regions experienced setbacks due to …
January 9, 2013
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‘Third wave crackdown’ on Sudan’s civil society
Sudan’s government is trying to close independent forums for civil society dialogue and coordination, says a leading African rights group, accusing pro-democracy NGOs of receiving US funding in order to undermine the ruling National Congress Party:
January 4, 2013
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Sudan cracks down on NGOs’ dissident voices
Sudan’s government is targeting civil society in an attempt to stifle the country’s few remaining independent voices, says an official of a leading NGO.
“They don’t want anybody who will find a venue and the forum to tell …
August 24, 2012
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Sudan: under-siege Bashir plans crackdown on civil society
Sudanese authorities are planning to target US-funded pro-democracy groups in what appears to be the latest phase of a crackdown against critics of President Omar al-Bashir’s regime.
A “high-ranking” Sudanese official said measures would be taken against civil society …
August 23, 2012
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US urges Sudan to accept AU border plan, as South Sudan corruption prompts ‘firestorm’
The United States is calling on Sudan to accept an African Union proposal to withdraw troops from both sides of its disputed border with South Sudan in a move that officials believe would help secure an agreement to restore oil …
August 3, 2012
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Sudan: US seeks conflict resolution, democracy – not regime change
US Secretary of State Hillary Clinton today arrives in South Sudan, where she is expected to highlight concerns over the country’s conflict with Sudan and to press for a peaceful resolution.
She is likely to press South Sudan President …
July 27, 2012
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Sudan – Khartoum Spring or Hibiscus Revolution?
Two Sudanese pro-democracy activists “face up to 10 years in prison after a judge charged them Wednesday in a terrorism-linked conspiracy over Arab Spring-style discontent sparked by inflation,” Agence France Presse reports:
Rudwan Daud, a resident of the United …
Sudan ‘deploying coercive measures’ against critics, media
Freelance journalist Faisal Mohammed Salih* (right) is to be prosecuted on a charge of refusing to cooperate with the authorities after being held for six days by the security forces in Khartoum, media rights groups report.
“Salih deserves a public …
Sudan’s ‘reign of terror’ threatens world’s newest state
Rebel groups today claimed to have captured an army garrison near the border with South Sudan in an offensive that Khartoum attributed to the south’s army. Rebels fighting along the disputed border with the secessionist south reportedly seized the strategic …