evacuate (leave) the house. The family is currently renting another house and they
appealed the public order to the court but, no results yet.
13.3.2 Church demolition notice
On 1st August 2016, Alhaj Yousif Christ church authorities received a warning notice
from the land authorities in Khartoum state of demolishing the church within one week.
The given reason was illegal building/structure (Appendix- 4). The church is in the
neighborhood of Khartoum North and it was built on this land in 1976 where more than
three hundred people have been gathering to fellowship/worship regularly ever since.
The letter warned them that the church will be demolished and they were given one
week to evacuate/relocate otherwise further legal procedures were to be taken and the
church would pay the demolition costs. By the time of writing this report, the church is
not demolished yet, but the threat/intimidation is still on.
14 Recommendations
Human Rights and Development Organization (HUDO Centre) urges the two
warring parties (government and the SPLA-N) to maintain, extend the ceasefire
and implement genuine cessation of hostilities in order to stop violence.
HUDO Centre appeals to regional and International institutions to compel
government of Sudan to respect human rights, uphold rule of law and practice
international standards of justice.
HUDO Centre urges Sudan government on the following;
To lift the state of emergency imposed on SK and BN states so that the
actions of security forces are put under check/control.
Amend the laws which permit security agencies like NISS and PDF act
with impunity and allow the rule of law to prevail.
Disband and stop the activities of government militias.
Stop targeting of civilians basing on their religion, ethnic or geographical
aspect.
Permit national, international NGOs and the humanitarian aid to access
and help the people affected by conflict.
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