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
- DECEMBER 5, 2005SudanDEATH PENALTY
Abd Alaziz Omer was executed at Kassala Prison, Port Sudan.
Abd Alaziz Omer was executed at Kassala Prison, Port Sudan.
- NOVEMBER 16, 2005SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN. TWO TROOPS TO HANG FOR DARFUR MURDER
it was reported that two Sudanese soldiers were sentenced to death by a special court set up to try crimes in the country's western strife-torn Darfur region for murdering a civilian there.
- NOVEMBER 8, 2005SudanDEATH PENALTY
Bashier Eltaher Adam, 25, was sentenced to death by hanging at Egazira Aba Criminal court...
Bashier Eltaher Adam, 25, was sentenced to death by hanging at Egazira Aba Criminal court...
- OCTOBER 24, 2005SudanDEATH PENALTY
The crimes punishable by death are murder, armed robbery, weapons possession and smuggling, treason, acts which may endanger the independence or unity of the state, waging war against the state, apostasy and prostitution.
The crimes punishable by death are murder, armed robbery, weapons possession and smuggling, treason, acts which may endanger the independence or unity of the state, waging war against the state, apostasy and prostitution.
- SEPTEMBER 8, 2005SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN. DETAINEES SUFFER ARBITRARY EXECUTION, HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH
the Sudanese government has executed prisoners who were minors at the time of their arrest, Human Rights Watch said.
- JULY 13, 2005SudanDEATH PENALTY
UN. UNICEF CALLS ON SUDAN TO ELIMINATE DEATH PENALTY FOR CHILDREN UNDER 18
while lauding Sudan for including provisions in its new constitution that strengthen the rights of children and women, the United Nations Children's Fund (UNICEF) called for the elimination of exceptions allowing the death penalty for youngsters under 18.
- JUNE 28, 2005SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN. REBEL FACES EXECUTION FOLLOWING UNFAIR TRIAL, SOAT
the human rights group, Sudanese Organisation Against Torture (SOAT) said it had been informed that a member of the minority Fur tribe, who live in the troubled Dafur region, was about to be executed by Sudanese authorities.
- MAY 10, 2005SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN. MUSLIM PROTESTORS DISRUPT BLASPHEMY TRIAL
hundreds of Muslim protestors baying for the death penalty forced a Sudanese court to adjourn the trial of a newspaper editor accused of insulting the Prophet Mohammed.
- APRIL 20, 2005SudanDEATH PENALTY
Sudan voted against the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
Sudan voted against the resolution on the death penalty at the 61st UN Commission on Human Rights.
- APRIL 8, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
SAUDI ARABIA. SAUDANESE NATIONAL BEHEADED FOR HASHISH SMUGGLING
a Sudanese man was beheaded in public after being convicted of trying to smuggle hashish into Saudi Arabia, the Interior Ministry said.
- MARCH 16, 2005SudanDEATH PENALTY
Amir Ahmed Tagelsir was executed by hanging at Kober Prison...
Amir Ahmed Tagelsir was executed by hanging at Kober Prison, in Sudan, for the 2002 murder of his friend Omer Bashir Hassan Artoli
- DECEMBER 29, 2004SudanDEATH PENALTY
88 from the Rezeiqat ethnic group, including the two children...
88 from the Rezeiqat ethnic group, including the two children...