{"id":20109386,"date":"2024-12-10T17:49:27","date_gmt":"2024-12-10T16:49:27","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/?p=20109386"},"modified":"2024-12-10T17:55:58","modified_gmt":"2024-12-10T16:55:58","slug":"human-rights-day-amplifies-calls-for-justice-in-sudan","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/human-rights-day-amplifies-calls-for-justice-in-sudan","title":{"rendered":"Human Rights Day amplifies calls for justice in Sudan"},"content":{"rendered":"\n

As the world marks Human Rights Day today, Sudan faces a humanitarian crisis of devastating proportions. Since the civil war erupted in mid-April of last year, widespread human rights violations by all parties have compounded the suffering of millions of Sudanese.<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

In an editorial<\/a> today, Kamal El Sadig, editor-in-chief of Dabanga \u2013 Radio TV Online, lamented that, against the backdrop of Human Rights Day<\/a>, “we are, tragically, still reporting daily on widespread human rights violations by all warring parties across Sudan, in the midst of what has become the most dire humanitarian catastrophe in the world, and maybe in modern history.”<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Observed annually on December 10, Human Rights Day commemorates the Universal Declaration of Human Rights, proclaimed by the United Nations General Assembly on this day in 1948, as a framework for protecting universal freedoms and fundamental rights.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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\u201cAccess to news is a basic human right, and a matter of survival in Sudan.\u201d <\/p>\n\n\n\n

Kamal El Sadig, Dabanga<\/em><\/p>\n<\/blockquote>\n\n\n\n

Since the outbreak of the current civil war between the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) on April 15, 2023, \u201call parties to the conflict have weaponised information, spread disinformation, muddied the waters with conflicting propaganda, and curtailed public access to news via internet and telecommunications blackouts\u201d, El Sadig says.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cAs the world marks Human Rights Day, Dabanga joins our colleagues in the Sudanese and world media in the hope for an end to the current hostilities in Sudan, and the incalculable human suffering that are left in their wake.\u00a0\u201cAccess to news is a basic human right, and a matter of survival in Sudan.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

#OurRightsOurFuture<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n

This year\u2019s Human Rights Day theme, \u2018Our Rights, Our Future, Right Now\u2019, underscores the urgent need to address human rights abuses worldwide. The UN Office of the High Commissioner for Human Rights (OHCHR) called the theme a \u201ccall to acknowledge the importance and relevance of human rights in our everyday lives\u201d.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

\u201cThis Human Rights Day we focus on how human rights are a pathway to solutions, playing a critical role as a preventative, protective and transformative force for good\u201d, OHCHR said in a statement<\/a>.  <\/p>\n\n\n\n

UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Volker Turk urged \u201ceveryone, everywhere to stand up for their human rights and those of future generations\u201d, in a video <\/a>posted today.<\/p>\n\n\n\n

Ant\u00f3nio Guterres, UN Secretary-General, noted in a post <\/a>on X (formerly Twitter) that \u201cthis #HumanRightsDay, we face a harsh truth: human rights are under assault. Whether economic, social, civic, cultural, or political, when one right is undermined, all rights are undermined. We must stand up for all rights \u2013 always.\u201d<\/p>\n\n\n\n

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On the final day of #16Days<\/a> of Activism, we stand in solidarity with the women and girls of #Sudan<\/a>.

Their rights to safety, dignity, and equality must be upheld.

Let\u2019s amplify their voices and ensure they are at the center of building a future rooted in #HumanRights<\/a>. #EndGBV<\/a> pic.twitter.com\/4hMI0wxQta<\/a><\/p>— Clementine Nkweta-Salami (@CNkwetaSalami) December 10, 2024<\/a><\/blockquote>