The Sudanese authorities are increasingly deporting Eritreans to their country without allowing them to claim asylum, Human Rights Watch said today. On October 17, 2011, Sudan handed over 300 Eritreans to the Eritrean military without screening them for refugee status, drawing public condemnation from the United Nations High Commissioner for Refugees.

“One for One is a way of life. No matter what I do - at home or abroad - I'm just one person helping another person at any given moment in time” – George

Malawi should arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir or bar his entry to the country. Al-Bashir is expected to travel to Malawi to attend the Common Market for Eastern and Southern Africa (COMESA) summit on Friday, October 14, 2011.

The United Nations Human Rights Council’s weak response to the rapidly deteriorating human rights situation in Yemen betrays the Yemeni people. The Council, whose current session ended on September 30, 2011, adopted a resolution on Yemen that fails to push for either an international investigation into recent abuses or an ongoing human rights monitoring presence in the country.

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Sudanese authorities should end their clampdown on opposition party members and critics of the government.

South Sudan: Hopes and dreams

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With the secession of South Sudan, many people who consider themselves South Sudanese are having difficulty choosing whether to leave Khartoum or to stay. While it has been declared that there will be no dual citizenship, many have created lives for themselves in the Sudan’s capital and find it difficult to choose whether to leave or to stay.-NS