South Sudan: Authorities Close Women's Rights Centre

25 June 2014

Khartoum — Sudanese authorities this week ordered the closure of a women rights centre in Khartoum without any explanation, said a statement by the Confederation of Sudanese Civil Society Organisations (CSCSO) on Wednesday.

"On 24 June 2014 the director of Salmmah Women's Resource Centre, Ms Fahima Hashim, was presented with a decree signed and stamped by the Sudanese ministry of justice, issuing an order for the cancellation of the registration licence of the company and its immediate liquidation," said the statement

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