tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-54851339737840776252024-02-07T20:45:05.837+03:00Sudan Human Rights AssociationAdvocacy, Empowerment and Education for PeaceContacthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985292343902088670noreply@blogger.comBlogger30125tag: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.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5485133973784077625.post-76669771723578669282007-06-19T11:24:00.000+03:002007-06-19T11:33:42.493+03:00Uganda remembers refugeesIn 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 UgandaThe 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 Contacthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985292343902088670noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5485133973784077625.post-57839282837875534282007-05-30T11:36:00.000+03:002007-06-05T19:02:38.148+03:00Bush imposes new sanctions on SudanThe 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 Contacthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985292343902088670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5485133973784077625.post-65628344026915337432007-05-30T11:25:00.000+03:002007-06-05T19:04:52.933+03:00International day for U.N. PeacekeepersTuesday 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 MartyrsMay 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 Contacthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985292343902088670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5485133973784077625.post-50690588408155513702007-05-15T10:18:00.000+03:002007-06-05T19:05:59.153+03:00EP mid-term review kicks offThe 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 consultantContacthttp://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 ForceOn 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 ParalegalsGeorge 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 SecurityA 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 workJena 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 DarfurEnough! 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 UgandaThe 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 Contacthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985292343902088670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5485133973784077625.post-67144848857890847612007-04-04T09:39:00.000+03:002007-04-12T21:01:47.583+03:00Returnees testify about life in Yei after exileGrace 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 SudanSHRA 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 RepatriationIn 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 EPMS-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 SettlementOn 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.SheContacthttp://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 NileSHRA 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 EpidemicSudan 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-BashirThe "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 Contacthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985292343902088670noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-5485133973784077625.post-5364947226985610182007-02-15T21:29:00.000+03:002007-02-16T12:13:42.735+03:00Down the Wrong Road? 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 FocusFor 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 notContacthttp://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,Contacthttp://www.blogger.com/profile/16985292343902088670noreply@blogger.com1