Sudan Human Rights Association

tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54851339737840776252011-09-26T16:13:43.820+03:00Sudan Human Rights AssociationAdvocacy, Empowerment and Education for PeaceContacthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985292343902088670noreply@blogger.comBlogger301100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5485133973784077625.post-65201411362210968032007-09-30T19:53:00.000+03:002007-09-30T23:22:57.817+03:00Why is this site not up-dated?

Due to technical difficulties, SHRA is not able to up-date this blog for the time being. Still, all organisational information found on the page is valid - so don't hesitate to contact us. SHRA apologizes for the inconvenience.

Contacthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985292343902088670noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5485133973784077625.post-76669771723578669282007-06-19T11:24:00.000+03:002007-06-19T11:33:42.493+03:00Uganda remembers refugees

In commemoration of the World Refugee Day, June 20, 2007, the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees in conjunction with the Office of the Prime Minister, International Medical Corps and National Geographic society yesterday organised a photo exhibition for refugee children at the Uganda National Museum. The two hours occasion which attracted viewers from government ministries and NGO

Contacthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985292343902088670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5485133973784077625.post-77443375474645666352007-05-30T11:39:00.000+03:002007-06-05T19:04:07.380+03:00WFP suspends operations in Northeastern Uganda

The U.N. World Food Programme has temporarily suspended operations in the drought-hit area of North-eastern Uganda after gunmen ambushed a WFP convoy and killed the agency’s driver. Richard Achuka, 41, was shot in the neck and shoulder and died after the attack on four WFP trucks in Kotido district. The convoy had delivered food to schools and other sites in Kaabong district. The attackers fled

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The Associated Press today reported that in a plan B aimed at pressurizing the Sudan government to end bloodshed and wide spread violence in the Sudan’s war-torn region of Darfur, the U.S. president George. W. Bush has ordered new U.S. economic sanctions.The sanctions target government-run companies involved in Sudan’s oil industry, and three individuals, including a rebel leader suspected of

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Tuesday May 29 2007 marked five years since the international day of United Nations Peacekeepers was designated to pay tribute to the forces around the globe: U.N. Peacekeepers day was established in 2002, when the General Assembly adopted Resolution 57/129 which selected May 29 (the day the first UN Peacekeepers operation was established in 1948).Since 1948, UN Peacekeepers have undertaken 61

Contacthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985292343902088670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5485133973784077625.post-4889654349039605412007-05-16T09:56:00.000+03:002007-06-05T19:05:22.987+03:00South Sudan remembers Martyrs

May 16 of every year holds a special place in the hearts and minds of the people of South Sudan - on the Southern Sudanese calendar, this is a public holiday, a day souls of the departed freedom fighters who perished during the liberation movement are remembered. Today the marginalised Sudanese all over the world join in unity to remember and mourn the departed souls. Special tribute is paid to

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The evaluation process for the progress of the Education for Peace, repatriation and development project for Northern Uganda and South Sudan has started with the Sudan Human Rights Association being visited first. The three year programme which runs till mid 2008 is in its mid-term stages and a team comprised of the MS-Uganda Programme Officer, Emmanuel Misaka together with an external consultant

Contacthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985292343902088670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5485133973784077625.post-64056679933452620912007-04-18T09:50:00.000+03:002007-04-20T14:15:26.569+03:00Sudan Softens on UN Peacekeeping Force

On Monday, 16. March. 2007, the Khartoum government finally accepted the intervention of the United Nations peacekeeping force to bolster efforts of the beleaguered African Union peacekeeping team, that has struggled to keep calm in the war-torn Darfur region of Sudan.The deployment includes U.N. attack helicopters and 3,000 peacekeepers in Darfur, the first time the Khartoum government has

Contacthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985292343902088670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5485133973784077625.post-79108291860369021072007-04-12T12:23:00.000+03:002007-04-20T14:17:13.800+03:00Thumbs Up for Paralegals

George TumuramyeAssistant Settlement CommandantImvepi Refugee Settlement - Yumbe District"These paralegals are doing a big job and this has resulted into reduction of the crime rate - we used to have uncountable defilement and domestic violence cases. Their sensitization has done a lot. Except that there are some cases that are beyond their control like people’s erratic behaviour, especially

Contacthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985292343902088670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5485133973784077625.post-27990145499715580632007-04-12T10:34:00.000+03:002007-04-12T22:07:00.559+03:00South Sudan: Rebels Threaten Food Security

A recently published report by both the USAID and Famine Early Warning System Network indicates that the sporadic LRA rebel attacks on civilian populations in South Sudan pose a threat to food production in the region, writes Irin News. The attacks, which intensified after talks between the Ugandan government and the LRA stalled in January, have left 3,500 people displaced in Torit County since

Contacthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985292343902088670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5485133973784077625.post-6692570474172617162007-04-11T13:23:00.000+03:002007-04-12T21:00:33.847+03:00Leader's views on paralegal work

Jena Tuma Assistant Settlement CommandantMadi-Okollo Refugee Settlement - Arua District"Since the Sudan Human Rights Association started trainings in 2005, the paralegals have been doing their job. This is experienced in the sense that we now receive few cases in our office. People are even aware of their rights. The selection of paralegals from leadership structures like the Refugee Welfare

Contacthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985292343902088670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5485133973784077625.post-48996058873107948642007-04-06T20:51:00.000+03:002007-04-12T22:08:17.718+03:00Cash-strapped WFP: Crisis Around the Corner?

World Food Program (WFP) Uganda is in dire need of additional funding. In order to maintain the food pipeline in Uganda for refugees, IDPs, schools and hospitals, the agency needs $131 millions for 2007. As of today, it has only received around $44 millions. This means that effectively the programme will seize to distribute food by the end of June.The lack of funding seems to follow a general

Contacthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985292343902088670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5485133973784077625.post-40562795171433367052007-04-06T18:15:00.000+03:002007-04-13T12:39:55.383+03:00Enough: The Way Forward in Darfur

Enough! is a joint initiative of the Center for American Progress and the International Crisis Group to abolish genocide and mass atrocities. It employs a "3P" strategy aimed at promoting durable Peace efforts; providing Protection for innocent victims of mass atrocities; and ensuring Punishment of the perpetrators to break the circle of impunity. The project focuses on Eastern Congo, Northern

Contacthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985292343902088670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5485133973784077625.post-73684063231901123872007-04-06T17:23:00.000+03:002007-04-08T01:41:31.357+03:00SHRA President visits Uganda

The President of SHRA, Mr. Hammad, is visiting Uganda over Easter. During his stay he will meet representatives from funding agencies, co-operating partners and staff at SHRA. The stop-over in Kampala is the last in a tour which has also included Sudan. Mr. Hammad returns to Canada Sunday.The pic shows Mr. Hammad (L) during an informal meeting with SHRA Human Rights Advisor, Mr. Thorning (C) and

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Grace Senya, 24 years:Spontaneous returnee from Rhino Camp in Northern Uganda Grace revealed to SHRA monitors that she is married with three children; her first born is six years old. Unfortunate circumstances forced her to repatriate back to Sudan last year; she had come to attend her brother’s burial but after failing to raise transport back to her settlement camp, she decided to stay. Her

Contacthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985292343902088670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5485133973784077625.post-58612338182546527722007-03-12T01:43:00.000+03:002007-03-12T02:00:03.208+03:00SHRA Team to Yei, South Sudan

SHRA yesterday sent 2 field officers to Yei, South Sudan. Over the next 5 days they will assess the human rights situation and living conditions of both returned refugees and others in and around the main town of Central Equatorial Province. The assessment focuses primarily on the general security situation, food security and peoples' access to water and sanitation, education and health services.

Contacthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985292343902088670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5485133973784077625.post-831688956241520312007-03-09T14:46:00.000+03:002007-03-11T22:25:47.618+03:00UNHCR Resumes Repatriation

In a statement released by UNHCR, the agency informs that the repatriation process of refugees from Northern Uganda to South Sudan resumed this week. It was halted for some time due to the meningitis epidemic. A 13-truck convoy carrying around 300 refugees left Imvepi Settlement, Arua District, for Yei in the Central Equatorial Province last Tuesday. The statement also reads that approximately

Contacthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985292343902088670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5485133973784077625.post-10606344277825627702007-03-07T14:53:00.000+03:002007-03-11T22:29:07.403+03:00Mid-Term Evaluation of EP

MS-Uganda has decided to carry out a mid-term evaluation of the Education for Peace Project, which has SHRA as one of its implementing partners. Read the Terms of Reference (draft) for the evaluation here.

Contacthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985292343902088670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5485133973784077625.post-73599220871335203962007-02-26T12:28:00.000+03:002007-02-26T14:41:31.112+03:00Ex-LRA fighter found in Ikafe Refugee Settlement

On Saturday 24, February 2007, as a refugee woman went about her business in the nearby bush within the Ikafe refugee settlement - Yumbe district (Northwestern Uganda), she stumbled on a young girl taking a nap on bare ground. What started as Samaritan move for the refugee woman, resulted into a realisation that the young girl was a former Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) rebel, fleeing captivity.She

Contacthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985292343902088670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5485133973784077625.post-89853254229047228892007-02-24T20:55:00.000+03:002007-02-24T21:13:38.842+03:00Meningitis Stops SHRA in West Nile

SHRA today had to postpone the rest of its planned activities in West Nile and Adjumani. The Health authorities of Moyo and Adjumani Districts have imposed tough measures in the effort to contain the ongoing meningitis epidemic in northern Uganda. Schools are closed, church services reduced and people are not allowed to gather for more than one hour at a maximum of 10 individuals. SHRA

Contacthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985292343902088670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5485133973784077625.post-51890577485306416462007-02-21T19:38:00.000+03:002007-02-21T20:02:44.524+03:00SHRA Introduces Paralegals Amidst Meningitis Epidemic

Sudan Human Rights Association today officially introduced the first of its Paralegals to the Sudanese refugee community in West Nile, Uganda. This happened in Madi Okollo settlement in Arua District. The Paralegals have been mandated by SHRA after receiving a full-package training in topics such as Human Rights, Conflict Management, Psycho-social issues and Refugee Law. The Paralegals are

Contacthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985292343902088670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5485133973784077625.post-81629604873925622132007-02-18T01:41:00.000+03:002007-02-18T03:26:33.157+03:00Crisis in Darfur: Interview with Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir

The "spill-over" of the Darfur crisis into Chad is not a surprise to the President of Sudan, Lt. Gen. Omar al-Bashir: "Frictions and conflicts have always existed between the tribes", he states. According to the President, the entire "Darfur problem" is fabricated and exaggerated by foreign parties.Click here and read these and other statements made by President al-Bashir in a recent interview

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A quick glance at todays headlines in the newspaper South Sudan Nation is not encouraging. We are reminded that according to the schedule of the Comprehensive Peace Agreement (CPA) from January 2005, Southern Sudan should have tarmacked roads within the first 18 months of forming the government, with a reliable road network in place by 2008. It is clear for anyone who has been to South Sudan

Contacthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985292343902088670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5485133973784077625.post-85725577396255962342007-02-14T11:05:00.000+03:002007-02-16T12:09:16.997+03:00SHRA Partner Launches Democracy Focus

For the past few years SHRA has partnered up with MS-Uganda, a worldwide Danish NGO. In particular, MS-Uganda supports SHRA in training Paralegals in Northern Uganda and South Sudan.Last weekend MS launched its new worldwide focus on democracy. This happened during the Annual Meeting in Jinja, Uganda, which saw the presence of 140 delegates from all 35 MS partners in Uganda.Arguably, there is not

Contacthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985292343902088670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5485133973784077625.post-6564281334346954632007-01-30T11:13:00.000+03:002007-02-16T12:11:02.074+03:00What We Are and What We Do?

The Sudan Human Rights Association (SHRA) is a non-profit, non-partisan, and non-governmental organisation registered and operating in Uganda. It was established in 1996 and is concerned with monitoring the situation of refugees in their camps, empowering refugees with the ability to manage the challenges of their human rights situation. It is also advocating for refugees rights to be respected,

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SHRA produces a quarterly publication called "The Sudan Monitor". Each issue contains articles on the current situation in Sudan and Northern Uganda, reports from SHRA's monitoring tours and news from our paralegal training programme. The magazine is widely distributed among relevant stakeholders and the refugee community.Click on the link to access selected articles from "The Sudan Monitor".

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Under the Education for Peace program, SHRA empowers refugees by conducting paralegal trainings. Paralegals - sometimes called "barefoot-lawyers" - are trained among the Sudanese community in both Northern Uganda and Southern Sudan. They are essentially educated about their rights. Elements of the training include the role of the Paralegal, basic human rights concepts, conflict management,

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SHRA carries out monitoring at two levels: The organisation monitors the performance of the trained Paralegals as they provide support to fellow refugees. Case reports are collected and the level of human right violations is assessed.SHRA also carries out on-spot monitoring of the general human rights situation in selected refugee settlements in the Great Lakes Region. The organisation typically

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18-23 Mar 2007: Official introducion of Paralegals continue in Moyo and Adjumani Districts12-16 Mar 2007: Monitoring of living conditions in and around Yei, South Sudan20 Feb. - 1 Mar. 2007: Introducing mandated Paralegals to the communities in refugee settlements in Northern Uganda9-11 Feb. 2007: SHRA attends the Annual Meeting of MS-Uganda in Jinja, Uganda

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If you have any questions or comments for the Sudan Human Rights Association, don't hesitate to contact us.Send us an email if you have an article you would like to appear in the next issue of The Sudan Monitor.Sudan Human Rights AssociationNabunya Road Wagaba Zone, Plot 419P.O. Box 7327Kampala, UgandaPhone: +256(0)41270440Email: shra.uganda[at]yahoo.com

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