This report builds on forty interviews with alcohol and tea sellers, students and human rights defenders, former detainees and prisoners in and around Khartoum, Sudan, between August and December 2016. Representatives of the judiciary, legal profession, prison staff, the International Organisation of Migration, the Ministry of Justice and community members were also interviewed. The Strategic Initiative for Women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA) reached out to women groups through its networks and contacts in communities, police stations and Omdurman’s Women’s Prison where interviews with sixteen current and former inmates were carried out.
The interviews were conducted confidentially in person and by telephone, in Arabic. The report also draws, more broadly, on SIHA’s expertise and experiences working on women’s rights issues in Sudan. It also builds on REDRESS’ extensive law reform work and assistance provided to victims of torture and ill-treatment in Sudan.
