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The Emergency Lawyers accused the authorities of fabricating charges against three activists who were detained without an arrest warrant and who were brought to court without notifying their lawyers and relatives. In Kassala, a lawyer was detained whilst performing his duties in court.

Sudan requested the supply of J-10CE fighter jets. Sudan will be the second country after Pakistan to operate Chinese J-10 fighters

The Darfur Bar Association and partners reported the detention of at least 197 people by the Rapid Support Forces (RSF) in West Darfur in a campaign that targets tribal leaders who refuse to partake in RSF-led reconciliation efforts and other activists, teachers, students, and farmers. Several people disappeared.

Since the military coup in Sudan in October 2021, that derailed the course of the revolution that had overthrown the 30-year Al Bashir dictatorship in April, efforts by western donor governments to facilitate the return of Sudan to a path of democratic transition have helped consolidate the coup, says a new policy brief by the Clingendael Institute, the Netherlands Institute of International Relations, which is an independent think tank and academy on international affairs.

The US Congress overwhelmingly approved a draft resolution on Thursday, condemning the October 25 military coup, and voicing support for the people of Sudan. It also demands that the military junta lift the State of Emergency and return the country to the path of democratic transition.

The US Senate has confirmed John Godfrey as Ambassador Extraordinary and Plenipotentiary of the USA to Sudan. Sudan has been served by a deputy ambassador, so that Ambassador Godfrey, who is expected to take up his post in Khartoum within days, will be the first fully ranked US ambassador to Sudan in 25 years.

Jul 1, 2022 - Sudan (Darfur), July 2022 Monthly Forecast : Security Council Report

The Forces for Freedom and Change (FFC) yesterday condemned the appointment by the head of the Sovereignty Council, Commander-in-Chief of the Sudan Armed Forces, and leader of the military junta, Gen Abdelfattah El Burhan, of five retired army and police officers as ambassadors at the Ministry of Foreign Affairs earlier this week.

Sudan needs to establish Rule of Law, as well as sound institutions, in order to achieve the aims of the April 2019 revolution that toppled the 30-year Al Bashir dictatorship. This entails listening to the demands of the people, toppling the current ruling junta, and disbanding militias to form unified national Sudanese military forces, the leader of the mainstream Sudan Liberation Movement-Abdelwahid (SLM-AW) faction, Abdelwahid El Nur, asserts.

Reports of violent suppression of freedoms that characterised the 30-year regime of Omar al Bashir, on all levels of society, are increasing again. Last month, police forces in Zalingei, capital of Central Darfur, held four Christian men in a church in the city. A 20-year-old woman was sentenced to death by stoning in Kosti, White Nile state. A few days ago, four displaced leaders were detained in Sirba, West Darfur. The ousted National Congress Party (NCP) welcomed the speech of El Burhan in w...