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
APRIL 13, 2009SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: NINE EXECUTED FOR EDITOR'S MURDER
Sudanese authorities executed nine men from Darfur for murder, state media and a police source said.
- MARCH 17, 2009United KingdomDEATH PENALTY
a failed asylum-seeker who was deported from...
a failed asylum-seeker who was deported from the UK to Darfur was executed by Sudanese security officers, The Independent reported.
- JANUARY 1, 2009SudanDEATH PENALTY
The crimes punishable by death are murder, armed robbery...
The crimes punishable by death are murder, armed robbery...
- DECEMBER 4, 2008SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN ASKED EU NOT TO INTERFERE IN DEATH PENALTY
the Sudanese government urged the EU not to interfere in the issue of banning the death sentence as it is related to religious and cultural conceptions.
- NOVEMBER 22, 2008LibyaDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ: 6 SENTENCED TO DEATH
the Federal Court of Cassation in Iraq upheld the death sentences imposed by the Criminal Court on six convicts, including two Arab nationals, for murder, abduction and terrorism-related crimes.
- NOVEMBER 19, 2008SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN REJECTS EU PROPOSAL TO FORGO CAPITAL PUNISHMENT
the Sudanese government rejected a proposal by the EU calling for abolishing capital punishment in Sudan in exchange for suspending the bid by the ICC's prosecutor for issuing an arrest warrant against President Umar al-Bashir.
- NOVEMBER 17, 2008SudanDEATH PENALTY
EU SEEKS DIALOGUE WITH SUDAN ON DEATH PENALTY
a delegation of European diplomats arrived in southern Sudan seeking Sudan's support for a European Union call for a moratorium on the death penalty.
- NOVEMBER 10, 2008SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN: APPEAL LODGED AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE OF JOURNALIST MURDER SUSPECTS
the defenCe committee in the homicide case of the editor-in-chief of Al-Wifaq newspaper, Muhammad Taha Muhammad Ahmad, lodged an appeal to the Sudanese constitutional court to suspend the death penalty against the nine convicts.
- OCTOBER 24, 2008SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN: SUPREME COURT REJECTS DEATH SENTENCE APPEAL
the Sudanese Supreme Court in Khartoum rejected an appeal by lawyer Kamal Umar Abd-al-Salam
- AUGUST 20, 2008SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN CONDEMNS 12 DARFUR REBELS TO DEATH
a Sudanese court sentenced to death 12 alleged Darfur rebels, bringing to 50 the number condemned to hang over an attack on Khartoum and defying criticism from Amnesty International.
- AUGUST 18, 2008SudanDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CALLS TRIALS OF ALLEGED SUDANESE REBELS A SHAM
the human rights group Amnesty International is accusing the Sudanese government of holding hundreds of people without charges or access to lawyers.
- AUGUST 17, 2008SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN CONDEMNS LEADING DARFUR REBEL TO DEATH
a Sudanese court sentenced a top Darfur rebel and seven others to death, bringing to 38 the number condemned to hang over an unprecedented attack on Khartoum that killed more than 222 people