Africa's Human Rights Tribunal Issues Damning Decision in Sudan Torture Case

3 March 2015
analysis

The African Commission on Human and Peoples' Rights (African Commission), Africa's main human rights body, recently published a decision holding Sudan responsible for the arbitrary detention and torture of three prominent Sudanese human rights defenders.

Osman Hummaida, Amir Suliman and Monim El Jak were detained and tortured by Sudan's National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) in November 2008 for their alleged support to the International Criminal Court's (ICC) investigations into mass atrocities perpetrated in Sudan's Darfur region. They left Sudan shortly after their release, fearing for their safety.

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