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
JULY 10, 2012SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY STONING FOR ADULTERY
a Sudanese court in Khartoum State sentenced a 23-year-old woman to death by stoning
JULY 3, 2012SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: WOMAN WALKS FREE
the Ombada General Criminal Court in Khartoum, Sudan, dismissed the charges of Intisar Sharif Abdallah, an activist and mother of three, who was sentenced to death by stoning for adultery under Article 146 of the Sudanese penal code.
JUNE 21, 2012SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: FORMER COMMISSIONER IN DARFUR SENTENCED TO DEATH AFTER DISCOVERY OF MASS GRAVE
The former commissioner of Al Sunta in South Darfur, Bashar Al Jazam Bushara Nawiya
MAY 14, 2012SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: WOMAN REPORTEDLY SENTENCED TO DEATH BY STONING FOR ADULTERY
A court in the Sudanese capital Khartoum sentenced an unidentified woman to be executed
APRIL 20, 2012SudanDEATH PENALTYSAUDI ARABIA: SUDANESE MAN BEHEADED AND CRUCIFIED
A Sudanese man was the twentieth person this year to be executed in the Kingdom
MARCH 20, 2012SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: DEATH SENTENCE AGAINST DARFUR REBELS
A Sudanese court sentenced six members of a key Darfur rebel group to hang
JANUARY 23, 2012SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: 8 DARFURIANS RECEIVE DEATH SENTENCE AFTER RAPING GIRL IN KASS
Four men and four women from Kass district, South Darfur were sentenced to death for
- JANUARY 1, 2012SudanDEATH PENALTY
The crimes punishable by death are murder, armed robbery...
The crimes punishable by death are murder, armed robbery...
- DECEMBER 7, 2011SudanDEATH PENALTY
Sudanese Security forces opened fire on inmates in El-Fasher prison
Sudanese Security forces opened fire on inmates in El-Fasher prison
- NOVEMBER 29, 2011SudanDEATH PENALTY
seven prisoners in North Darfur had their death sentences upheld.
seven prisoners in North Darfur had their death sentences upheld.
NOVEMBER 28, 2011SudanDEATH PENALTYLEADING SUDANESE POET ON A DEATH SENTENCE
a tribunal held in a court in Sudan's Sinnar State sentenced 19 people allegedly
- NOVEMBER 28, 2011SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN CONDEMNS SEVEN DARFUR REBELS TO DEATH
A Sudanese court sentenced seven members of a Darfur rebel group to death by hanging