[JURIST] Human rights groups Human Rights Watch (HRW), Amnesty International (AI) and the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) [advocacy websites] on Thursday reported [report] that justice still has not been achieved for the victims of the violent protest in Khartoum in September 2013 in which some protesters were killed. Saying that “[a]lthough it seems like Sudan has succeeded in sweeping the horrific violence of September 2013 under the carpet, victims’ families still demand justice,” ACJPS urged the Sudanese government to hold those responsible accountable. As many as 185 protesters were killed protesting anti-austerity measures and many more were killed or unlawfully detained, some even facing torture during their detention.

The human rights situation throughout Sudan has drawn global condemnation of Sudan’s political leaders. In March HRW reported that female rights activists [JURIST report] in Sudan are facing harassment, violence and other rights abuses. Earlier this month South Africa’s Supreme Court of Appeal upheld a lower court’s ruling that the state broke the law by not detaining [JURIST report] Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir despite an International Criminal Court order to do so. In February a UN human rights expert called for an end [JURIST report] to conflict in Darfur between the Sudanese government and the Sudan Liberation Army/Abdul Wahid, which may have led to human rights abuses and violations of international law.