Research – Situation of Sudan Human Rights Defenders after the 2023 War (ENG)

EXECUTIVE SUMMARY
OVERVIEW AND RESEARCH SIGNIFICANCE

This research is a situation analysis conducted for the Sudan Human Rights Defenders
Coalition SudanDefenders. The research studied the status of human rights defenders in
Sudan after the crisis of April 15, 2023, war. It highlighted on violations that human rights
defenders in Sudan were subjected to, also reflected their painful stories and what they
were exposed to by both parties of the ongoing war of Sudan. The study also reflected
stories told by defenders about the newly emerged patterns of violations, such as illegal
detention, artillery shelling and airstrikes on civilians’ dowelling’s, use of prohibited
weapons, burying people alive and killing, intimidation and torture.
However, the overall objective of the research was to examine the situation of
SudanDefenders during the ongoing war, inside the country and for those who find their
way to flee to neighbouring countries, namely, Ethiopia, Egypt, Republic of South Sudan,
Chad, Kenya and Uganda.