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 27, 2011SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: REBEL LEADER SENTENCED TO DEATH
a Sudanese court handed a death sentence to a leader of the Justice and Equality
MAY 13, 2011SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: TWO WOMEN HANGED FOR STONING CHILD
federal prison authorities in Sudan executed two young women by hanging for killing
- FEBRUARY 22, 2011SudanDEATH PENALTY
a court in Darfur sentenced a man to death by hanging and cross amputation.
a court in Darfur sentenced a man to death by hanging and cross amputation.
- JANUARY 1, 2011SudanDEATH PENALTY
The crimes punishable by death are murder, armed robbery...
The crimes punishable by death are murder, armed robbery...
NOVEMBER 11, 2010SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: 20 ALLEGED DARFUR REBELS COLLABORATORS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN NYALA
the Nyala General Court in Sudan issued death sentences against 20 people accused
- OCTOBER 24, 2010SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDANESE COURT SENTENCES KALMA RESIDENT TO DEATH BY HANGING IN DARFUR
a court in Nyala, Sudan, sentenced Kalma camp (in South Darfur) resident Hussein Hassan Abdel Kareem to death by hanging for an alleged attempt to kill a supporter of the Doha peace process, Sudan Tribune reported.
OCTOBER 21, 2010SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: SPECIAL COURT IN DARFUR SENTENCES TEN INDIVIDUALS, INCLUDING FOUR CHILDREN, TO DEATH
Judge Shegifa Ali Eshag of the Special Court in Nyala sentenced ten people, including four alleged children, allegedly affiliated with the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), to death for a carjacking in Khour Baskawit, South Darfur, on May 13, 2010.
- OCTOBER 8, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
IRAN, SAUDI ARABIA, SUDAN: END JUVENILE DEATH PENALTY
only three countries - Iran, Saudi Arabia, and Sudan - are known to have executed an individual since the beginning of 2009 for a crime committed before age 18, Human Rights Watch said today.
- OCTOBER 3, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY URGES SAUDI KING TO COMMUTE DEATH PENALTY
Amnesty International issued an urgent request to the Saudi Arabian monarch to commute the death sentences of Lebanese television psychic Ali Hussain Sibat and another man, both convicted for practicing black magic in the desert kingdom.
SEPTEMBER 7, 2010SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: TWO SUDANESE GET DEATH PENALTY FOR KILLING 4 CHINESE
A Sudanese court sentenced two men to death for killing four kidnapped Chinese oil workers
JULY 13, 2010SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: PALESTINIAN CITIZEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING BUSINESSMAN
in Sudan, Khartoum's criminal court sentenced Palestinian citizen Iyad Hani Mahmud
JUNE 5, 2010Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SUDANESE MAN BEHEADED FOR MURDER
Sudanese man Faisal Ali Abdel Ghani Ahmed was beheaded in Saudi Arabia for