Sudan
2026
- GOVERNMENT
- presidential republic
- CONSTITUTION
- June 30, 1998, partially suspended in 1999 by President Bashir. The Interim National Constitution was ratified on July 5, 2005. The Constitution of South Sudan was signed in December 2005
- LEGAL SYSTEM
- based on English common law and Islamic law
- LEGISLATIVE SYSTEM
- bicameral, National Legislature composed of the Council of States and the National Assembly
- JUDICIAL SYSTEM
- Constitutional Court of nine judges; National Supreme Court; National Appellate Courts;
RELIGIONS
70% Sunni Muslims, 5% Christians, 25% indigenous beliefs
From the country
AUGUST 2, 2026SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: SIX POLICE OFFICERS SENTENCED TO DEATH OVER DETAINEE’S TORTURE DEATH
JULY 12, 2026SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN COURT SENTENCES RSF LEADER HEMETTI TO DEATH OVER WEST DARFUR KILLINGS
FEBRUARY 17, 2026SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: TWO WOMEN FROM EL GEDAREF AND BLUE NILE FACE DEATH BY STONING IN PRISON
Activists and human rights defenders say that two women, from El Gedaref and Blue Nile respectively, are being detained in Omdurman prison in Sudan, sentenced to death by stoning, Radio Dabanga reported on February 4, 2026.
OCTOBER 8, 2024SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: 18 OPPONENTS SENTENCED TO DEATH
In September, a court in Dongola sentenced 17 RSF fighters and one civilian to death for an attack on Merowe airport, Sudan Tribune reported on October 4, 2024.
- OCTOBER 7, 2024SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN: DEATH SENTENCE IN PORT SUDAN HIGHLIGHTS CRACKDOWN ON RSF SYMPATHIZERS
A Sudanese court has sentenced a man to death for supporting the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), state media reported on October 4, 2024, underscoring the escalating legal crackdown on perceived opponents in areas under military control.
- JUNE 5, 2024SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN: MAN AND WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH
Ed Damazin Court in Blue Nile region issued a death sentence against civil servant El Habib Eisa on June 3, 2024, after he was accused of “undermining the constitutional order.”
- DECEMBER 18, 2022SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN: WOMAN SENTENCED TO STONING DEATH WILL GO TO JAIL INSTEAD
A Sudanese woman charged with adultery has had her life spared and will instead spend six months behind bars after she admitted to kissing a man.
JULY 11, 2022SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY STONING FOR ADULTERY
A Sudanese court in the southern part of Sudan has sentenced a woman to death by stoning after convicting her of charge of adultery, a Sudanese human rights group disclosed on 9 July 2022.
MARCH 15, 2022SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: INTELLIGENCE AGENT SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING
The El Obeid Court in North Kordofan, Sudan, sentenced a member of the General Intelligence Service (GIS) to death by hanging on 14 March 2022.
NOVEMBER 30, 2021SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: MAN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN DARFUR FOR RAPING 8-YEAR-OLD GIRL
A court on 28 November 2021 sentenced a young man to death by hanging for raping 8-year-old girl in Nyala, South Darfur.
- SEPTEMBER 12, 2021SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN: DEATH SENTENCES FOR SIX PARAMILITARIES FOR THE KILLING OF PROTESTERS IN 2019
Six members of a Sudanese paramilitary force were sentenced to death on 5 August 2021 by a court in the central city of Al-Obeid for the deaths of six protesters in 2019, including four school children.
JULY 6, 2021SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: FORMER SECURITY AGENT SENTENCED TO HANG FOR STUDENT’S MURDER
The Special Court convened to try the perpetrators of crimes related to the Sudanese revolution on 27 June 2021 sentenced a former member of the defunct National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) to death by hanging, for murder.