Sudan
The 2 million people driven from their homes in Darfur are still at risk of unlawful
killing, displacement, rape, detention, torture, starvation and disease. Darfur
is still a conflict zone and its people are traumatised by the losses of the past,
they are in fear of the present and unsure of their future.
When we visited Sudan we spoke to hundreds of displaced persons in camps and towns in Darfur as well as in the capital, Khartoum. Their testimonies confirmed the enormous mistrust still felt toward the Sudanese government by those who have been forced out of their villages and remain too afraid to leave their camps without international protection.
The government continues to deny the extent of the killings and rapes and refuses to take responsibility for the human rights and humanitarian crisis in Darfur. To strengthen the human rights situation in Darfur, a comprehensive approach to the situation in the whole of Sudan is needed. Issues that need to be urgently addressed throughout Sudan include:
- impunity for grave human rights violations
- the lack of freedom of expression or association
- harsh conditions of detention
- unfair trials and an unreformed judiciary
- human rights violations against women
- the use of militias to kill and displace civilians
- arms proliferation
Find out more about human rights concerns in Sudan. Read frequently asked questions
Latest news
Amnesty calls on UN Security Council to ensure arrest of war crime suspects The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Ahmed Harun and Ali Kushayb. But the government of Sudan is not cooperating with the Court and has so far not only persistently refused to arrest and surrender the two men - but has even promoted Ahmed Harun to the post of Minister of State for Humanitarian Affairs. Read Amnesty's full statement
Darfur crisis reaches Sudanese capital Amnesty International is gravely concerned by the Sudanese security forces'
crackdown following the incursion into Khartoum, by an armed group. The crackdown
has been characterized by serious human rights violations, mostly been targeted
at Darfuris.
Crisis response
The civil war in the Sudanese region of Darfur, and in neighbouring Chad, has
created an ongoing humanitarian crisis. Over 300,000 people are believed to have
lost their lives since the conflict erupted in February 2003. Around two million civilians
have fled from their homes. Some 650,000 are denied access to aid. Amnesty International
has issued a 'crisis response' in an attempt to protect the civilian populations
of Sudan and Chad. Find out more and take action
Report: Displaced in Darfur
Amnesty International's report, Displaced in Darfur - A generation of anger warns that the security situation for internally displaced people in Darfur is
on a knife-edge with a generation of Darfuris now growing up in extreme fear and
insecurity in camps awash with weapons - a potentially explosive combination.
The report outlines the current state of insecurity in camps for internally displaced people (IDPs) in Darfur and the potential consequences and possible remedies.
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Darfuri refugees testify
Whilst the international community debates how to proceed with peacekeeping, civilians are under daily attack by Janjawid and government troops who are raiding rebel villages. The number of Internally Displaced Persons (IDPs) is increasing rapidly as yet more civilians are forced to flee their homes, many to IDP camps.
Civilians are effectively prisoners in these camps. In West Darfur, the Janjiwid control the area and frequently attack civilians who try to leave camps and occasionally enter the camps to steal and attack residents. During July and August 2006, Amnesty International researchers went on mission to Chad and recorded the testimonies of some of the survivors and witnesses of the attacks. Find and more and read the testimonies
Latest reports
- Chad: 'Are we citizens of this country?' Civilians in Chad unprotected from Janjawid attacks (29 January 2007)
- Sudan: Crying out for safety (5 october 2006)
- Sudan: List of Political Detainees (30 June 2005)
- Sudan: Memorandum to the National Constitutional Review Commission (27 May 2005)
- Sudan: Political Repression in Eastern Sudan (20 May 2005)
Video Clips and Animation
Since the escalation of violence in Sudan in 2003, more than one million people have suffered grave human rights abuses. Governments worldwide have knowingly let arms exports go to Sudan, supplying the government and its militias with aircraft and weapons likely to be used to attack civilians. Watch a clip about Amnesty's work in Sudan, and see a photograph slideshow.
Amnesty International delegates have recently returned from a research mission among Sudanese refugees in Chad. Watch a clip showing our work there.
To ensure the dead are not forgotten, we have created an animation showing 3,200 names of people killed in Darfur collated by Amnesty researchers. Watch the animation.
