Agents of fear: The national security service in Sudan

Amnesty International, 2010, 61 pages

Human rights violations, including secret detention and torture, have created a climate of fear in Sudan. Human rights defenders, political dissidents, students and members of ethnic minorities continue to be arbitrarily arrested and detained.

This report illustrates the human rights violations commited by the NISS in Sudan, and the extensive powers and immunities the NISS continues to enjoy under the new 2010 National Security Act.