In September 2021, the 2020 Sudan Civil Society Organization Sustainability Index was published.

The National Commission for Human Rights issued a statement condemning an incident in which two young women and a lawyer were arrested and subjected to violence by the police in Khartoum.

A member of the armed forces dressed in civilian clothing abducted journalist Etaf Al-Tom from his home in Khartoum and took him - blindfolded to an unknown location.

A member of the Rapid Support Forces arrested two of the Umbada Resistance Committee members, west of capital Khartoum, after they chanted slogans against the Vice-President of the Sovereignty Council, Commander-in-Chief of Rapid Support Forces, Muhammad Hamdan Dagali (aka Hemetti), during a visit to the area.

Human rights press entities announced that they were boycotting any news and activities of the armed forces for a period of (3) days, and organized a protest sit-in at the Press and Publications Council