Human Rights Concern: Sudan Forcibly Divides Families, Deporting Mothers without Their Infants

Human Rights Concern: Sudan forcibly divides families, deporting mothers without their infants

JODA, Upper Nile (Eye Radio) — A humanitarian crisis is unfolding at the southern border where over 100 South Sudanese mothers have been forcibly deported from Sudan, arriving without their children. The women were reportedly arrested in Sudanese cities, put on buses, and sent south, only to be separated from their infants and young children in a traumatic act that local authorities are calling a violation of human rights. Renk Commissioner Diin…

Sudan deports 100+ South Sudanese women, leaving children behind - Radio Tamazuj

Sudanese authorities have deported more than 100 South Sudanese women from Khartoum, separating at least 61 of them from their children, South Sudanese officials said on Sunday. The women were reportedly detained either on the streets or in their homes in the Sudanese capital before being transferred to detention centres and later deported to the Joda border area, which connects to South Sudan’s Upper Nile state, according to Diing Deng Lueth, c…