Amnesty International’s 2025 annual report warns that Sudan has become “a glaring example of systematic repression,” citing waves of arbitrary arrests, torture and intimidation aimed at silencing dissent.
The 400-page survey paints a bleak global picture, describing the world as a “bloody theatre of oppression” in which authoritarian governments act with “shameless brutality.” In Sudan, Amnesty says General al-Burhan’s security forces routinely detain civilians who demand basic rights, leaving communities trapped “in a cycle of fear and despair.”
Beyond Sudan, the report accuses China of waging “a war on humanity” through enforced disappearances and mass detentions of journalists and dissidents in secret facilities. Such abuses, Amnesty argues, are not isolated incidents but part of deliberate state policies “designed to crush any expression of opinion.”
The organisation documents patterns of physical and psychological torture, arbitrary arrest, and even economic blockades used to “strip people of dignity.” It also condemns what it calls a paralysed international community, saying governments have failed to confront rights violators and have thus fostered a “climate of impunity” that threatens global stability.
Amnesty concludes that repressive regimes are forging tacit alliances to deepen their control, warning that unchecked abuses risk fuelling wider social and political crises.
