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
- JANUARY 8, 2008EritreaDEATH PENALTY
four Eritreans detained in Sudan could face detention without trial, torture
four Eritreans detained in Sudan could face detention without trial, torture
- JANUARY 1, 2008SudanDEATH PENALTY
The crimes punishable by death are murder, armed robbery...
The crimes punishable by death are murder, armed robbery...
- DECEMBER 31, 2007SudanDEATH PENALTY
two Sudanese men sentenced to death for the rape and murder...
two Sudanese men sentenced to death for the rape and murder of a four year old girl were executed in a prison in Khartoum, the local press reported
- DECEMBER 18, 2007SudanDEATH PENALTY
Sudan voted against the Resolution on a Moratorium...
Sudan voted against the Resolution on a Moratorium...
- NOVEMBER 28, 2007SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN. EXECUTION STAYED FOR CONVICTED RAPISTS
two Sudanese men sentenced to die in Khartoum for raping and murdering a four year old girl escaped the
- NOVEMBER 23, 2007SudanDEATH PENALTY
seven men were sentenced to death for the murder of 13 police officers...
seven men were sentenced to death for the murder of 13 police officers...
- NOVEMBER 22, 2007SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN: APPEALS EXHAUSTED, EXECUTIONS SET FOR THIS MONTH
a reliable source revealed to Akhir Lahzah that the death by hanging sentence will be carried out this month against those convicted in the case of the child Muram Awad.
- NOVEMBER 10, 2007SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN: URGENT INTERVENTION AGAINST DEATH PENALTY NEEDED
the International Secretariat of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) has been informed by the Sudan Organisation Against Torture (SOAT) about the death sentences handed down to ten individuals...
- NOVEMBER 10, 2007SudanDEATH PENALTY
10 GET DEATH PENALTY FOR SUDAN JOURNALIST MURDER
a Sudanese court sentenced 10 people to death for the murder of a Sudanese journalist last year.
- JUNE 18, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA BEHEADS SUDANESE MAN FOR MURDER
a Sudanese man was beheaded in Saudi Arabia for murdering a compatriot...
- JUNE 11, 2007Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SUDANESE BEHEADED IN SAUDI FOR MURDER
a Sudanese national was executed by the sword in Saudi Arabia after being convicted of murdering a Saudi man, the interior ministry said in a statement carried by SPA state news agency.
- MAY 2, 2007SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN: TWO BOYS SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING
Abdelrhman Zakaria Mohamed and Ahmed Abdullah Suleiman, both aged 16, were sentenced to death by the Criminal Court in Nyala, the capital of South Darfur in Sudan.