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Sudan
North Africa
Tracking conflict-related rights violations, civilian protection failures, and supporting Sudanese defenders displaced and at risk.
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Our position on Sudan
We call for the protection of civilians from armed actors in Sudan, accountability for atrocities documented in Darfur and elsewhere, and unimpeded humanitarian access — alongside the protection of Sudanese defenders displaced by the war.
— HuMENA
The Region, Connected
No country in MENA stands alone.
This country sits at the centre of the threads HuMENA follows — across borders where defenders flee, refugees move, and accountability converges.
Signature
Where our work concentrates here.
Five strategic areas — Civic Space, Defenders, Digital Rights, Governance, Diaspora. Bar height shows the depth of HuMENA's coverage in that area for this country.
Civic Space
Defending freedoms of expression, association, and peaceful assembly.
Defenders
Protection support and case advocacy for defenders at risk.
Digital Rights
Surveillance accountability and digital safety for civil society.
Governance
Fair-trial monitoring, judicial independence, and inclusive governance.
Diaspora
Cross-border protection and amplification of exiled voices.
Chronicle
A working record of our interventions.
Statements, reports, advocacy moments, defender cases. Chronological. Growing.
May 2025
JOINT STATEMENTS
Jul 2024
JOINT STATEMENTS
Dec 2023
JOINT STATEMENTS
May 2023
JOINT STATEMENTS
Apr 2023
JOINT STATEMENTS
Jun 2021
JOINT STATEMENTS
At the international level
Where this work meets the institutions.
HuMENA carries documentation into the mechanisms with the most leverage — UN bodies, EU institutions, and joint civil-society coalitions.
UN Fact-Finding Mission
Submissions and case referrals
UN Human Rights Council
Joint civil-society oral statements
EU advocacy
On civilian protection and access
Defenders
The people behind the work.
HuMENA stands with human rights defenders, journalists, lawyers, and activists. Where their identities can be public, we credit them. Where they cannot, we protect them.
Killed
Abd Elrazeg Adam Mohammed
Human rights monitor with the Darfur Network of Monitors and member of a resistance committee in West Darfur.
Abd Elrazeg Adam Mohammed, 28, monitored human rights violations in West Darfur during Sudan's 2023 civil war. He was killed alongside his…
DetainedAbdelwahab Ahmed Mohamed Hashem “Bob”
Trade union leader; head of the Workers' Coordination Committee representing public sector employees in North Kordofan.
Abdelwahab Ahmed Mohamed Hashem—known to friends and colleagues as Bob—leads the Workers' Coordination Committee in North Kordofan, advocating for public employees amid…
SentencedAA
Abubakr Mansour Abdela
Lawyer providing legal assistance and humanitarian support to his community during Sudan's civil war.
Abubakr Mansour Abdela is a lawyer who stayed in his hometown when the war came to Sudan in 2023, distributing medicine and…
KilledAhmed Mohamed Abdella
Lawyer and member of the Darfur Bar Association, providing legal aid to victims of human rights violations in Darfur.
A lawyer who provided legal aid to victims of human rights violations in Darfur, Ahmed Mohamed Abdella was kidnapped and killed less…
DetainedAl-Fadil Ismail
Economics graduate; volunteer with the Emergency Response Room in Zalingei; member of the Zalingei Resistance Committees Coordinating Body.
Al-Fadil Ismail volunteers with the Emergency Response Room in Zalingei, Darfur, and coordinates aid in his community. He was arrested from his…
ReleasedAmeira Osman Hamid
Engineer and head of the No to Women Oppression Initiative, a human rights organisation campaigning against restrictive public-order laws in Sudan.
Ameira Osman Hamid, an engineer and women's rights defender, was arrested from her home in January 2022 by plain-clothed security officers weeks…
Publications
Reports, statements, and analyses.
Joint Letter: President Trump Has a Unique Opportunity to End the War in Sudan
29 NGOs Call for Immediate Halt to Unlawful Deportation of Sudanese Refugee by Egyptian Authorities
Sudan: UN Security Council must take urgent action to protect civilians
EU should uphold human rights and accountability in negotiation of strategic partnership with Egypt
Sudan| Joint Statement: Governments and international and UN bodies must intervene to provide safe passages for civilians and urgent means of relief
Global Coalition of Civil Society and Media Organizations Stand in Solidarity with Independent Media Outlets in Lebanon Amid Targeting
A joint statement recognizing the first anniversary of the death of lesbian activist Sarah Hegazi and announcing the inauguration of a Pride Day for Lesbian and Queer Women from the Middle Ea
FACEBOOK ADMINISTRATION TO TAKE FURTHER MEASURES TO LIMIT THE SPREAD OF HATE SPEECH AGAINST THE LGBTQI+ COMMUNITY IN THE MENA REGION
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