Sudan
Death penalty and prisoners' rights · Archive since 1999
Data card
- Legal status
- Retentionist
- Executions recorded in 2026
- 0
- Executions recorded in 2025
- 0
- First news item in the archive
- JANUARY 1, 1999 · The Sudanese Penal Code is part of the 1983 Shari'a...
- News items in the archive
- 331
Source: Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026.
Sudan is classified as Retentionist in the Hands Off Cain database, updated to 2026. In 2026 the association recorded 0 executions in the country, against 0 the year before. The archive holds 331 news items on Sudan, from 1999 to today.
Latest news
- DECEMBER 12, 2001SudanDEATH PENALTY
An emergency tribunal in Nyala, Southern Darfur convicted...
An emergency tribunal in Nyala, Southern Darfur convicted Abduh Isma'il Tong and Yusuf Yaow Mombai of stealing Sudanese £3 million (about US $1,160) and sentenced them to amputation of the right hand, HRW said
- DECEMBER 8, 2001SudanDEATH PENALTY
In Sudan an eighteen-year-old girl, Abok Alfa Akok,...
In Sudan an eighteen-year-old girl, Abok Alfa Akok, was condemned to death by stoning for adultery by the Nyala Criminal Court in southern Darfur
- DECEMBER 3, 2001SudanDEATH PENALTY
Explaining his delegation's position before the vote...
Explaining his delegation's position before the vote on a draft proposal on the situation of human rights in Sudan at the UN Third Committee session, the representative of Sudan objected that the resolution continually cited the use of the death penalty
- NOVEMBER 29, 2001SudanDEATH PENALTY
The representative of Belgium submitted to the UN Third...
The representative of Belgium submitted to the UN Third Committee (Social, Humanitarian and Cultural) a resolution on the situation of human rights in Sudan
- NOVEMBER 24, 2001SudanDEATH PENALTY
Two Sudanese had been executed two weeks earlier in...
Two Sudanese had been executed two weeks earlier in central Sudan
- AUGUST 23, 2001SudanDEATH PENALTY
A statement from the Saudi Interior Ministry announced...
A statement from the Saudi Interior Ministry announced that Harun Bin-Muhammad Adam, a Sudanese national, was executed after the Islamic Shari'ah Court found him guilty of the murder of Malak Akram, a Pakistani
- JULY 24, 2001SudanDEATH PENALTY
The Saudi Interior Ministry said a Sudanese national...
The Saudi Interior Ministry said a Sudanese national was executed in Riyadh for murdering a Saudi
- JULY 2, 2001SudanDEATH PENALTY
The official Sudanese news agency, Suna, reported that...
The official Sudanese news agency, Suna, reported that President Umar al-Bashir warned that armed robbers and "outlaws" operating in the Darfur states in western Sudan would face amputations and hanging if caught
- APRIL 24, 2001SudanDEATH PENALTY
Hassan Khalil Ahmad, a Sudanese man, was sentenced...
Hassan Khalil Ahmad, a Sudanese man, was sentenced to death in Lebanon for murdering and robbing a man in Beirut two years ago
- MARCH 20, 2001SudanDEATH PENALTY
Abd-al-Ilah Muhammad Bin-Ali al-Sayyid, a Sudanese...
Abd-al-Ilah Muhammad Bin-Ali al-Sayyid, a Sudanese man was executed in the Mecca after being found guilty of the murder of a compatriot, Ata al-Minan Bin-Muhammad, following an argument
- JANUARY 23, 2001SudanDEATH PENALTY
Five men who were convicted of armed robbery had their...
Five men who were convicted of armed robbery had their right hands and left feet amputated as punishment
- JANUARY 1, 2001SudanDEATH PENALTY
In accordance with Shari'a law, the Criminal Act provides...
In accordance with Shari'a law, the Criminal Act provides for physical punishments including flogging, amputation, stonings, and crucifixion--the public display of a body after execution
- JANUARY 1, 2001SudanDEATH PENALTY
Up to 1998 Sudan was one of the few States in the world...
Up to 1998 Sudan was one of the few States in the world that allowed the death penalty for minors
- NOVEMBER 28, 2000SudanDEATH PENALTY
Sudan's President Bashir urged his troops to continue...
Sudan's President Bashir urged his troops to continue their "jihad
- NOVEMBER 19, 2000SudanDEATH PENALTY
The Yemeni Bani al-Harith sentenced Sudanese Mohammad...
The Yemeni Bani al-Harith sentenced Sudanese Mohammad Adam Omar to death by the sword or by firing squad after finding him guilty of killing Huson Ahmad Atiyyah
- NOVEMBER 18, 2000SudanDEATH PENALTY
A Yemeni court convicted a Sudanese morgue assistant...
A Yemeni court convicted a Sudanese morgue assistant of killing two women and sentenced him to death, officials said
- AUGUST 14, 2000SudanDEATH PENALTY
Yasir Arman, the official spokesman for the Sudan People's...
Yasir Arman, the official spokesman for the Sudan People's Liberation Movement (SPLM), stated that the SPLM's was willing to exchange prisoners with the government and expressed its regret over the government's treatment of SPLM prisoners
- MAY 28, 2000SudanDEATH PENALTY
Hundreds of students from Sanaa University (the scene...
Hundreds of students from Sanaa University (the scene of the murders) demonstrated in the Yemeni capital of Sanaa, demanding the execution of Mohammad Adam Omar
- MAY 15, 2000SudanDEATH PENALTY
Muhammad Al-Barqawi, a Sudanese who was found guilty...
Muhammad Al-Barqawi, a Sudanese who was found guilty of committing sodomy and other crimes, was executed in Makkah, Saudi Arabia
- APRIL 26, 2000SudanDEATH PENALTY
Sudan voted against the resolution on the death penalty...
Sudan voted against the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 26 (no
- APRIL 24, 2000SudanDEATH PENALTY
A Sudanese man was executed in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia,...
A Sudanese man was executed in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, after being convicted of murdering a fellow Sudanese national
- FEBRUARY 28, 2000SudanDEATH PENALTY
Hassan Awad al-Zubair was beheaded in Riyadh, Saudi...
Hassan Awad al-Zubair was beheaded in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia for practising "black magic," which harmed the people he claimed to cure
- JANUARY 1, 2000SudanDEATH PENALTY
The Sudanese Penal Code is part of the 1983 Shari'a...
The Sudanese Penal Code is part of the 1983 Shari'a law, introduced by the deposed dictator Numeiri and carried over by the National Islamic Front (NIF) and the present military junta
- DECEMBER 6, 1999SudanDEATH PENALTY
On December 6, two Roman Catholic priests, Hilary Boma...
On December 6, two Roman Catholic priests, Hilary Boma and Lino Sebit, and 18 other civilians arrested in June 1998, were pardoned by Sudanese President Omar el-Bashir
- NOVEMBER 1, 1999SudanDEATH PENALTY
In November, Ambassador Mubarak Husein Rahmatalla,...
In November, Ambassador Mubarak Husein Rahmatalla, speaking at the Third Committee of the General Assembly, referring to the European Union's resolution on the death penalty, said, "Firstly, we would like to point out that there is no unanimous view on th
- JULY 22, 1999SudanDEATH PENALTY
Sudan signed the letter, dated 22 July 1999, addressed...
Sudan signed the letter, dated 22 July 1999, addressed to the President of the Economic and Social Council, in which the retentionist countries dissociated from the Commission on Human Rights resolution 1999/61 on the question of the death penalty
- APRIL 28, 1999SudanDEATH PENALTY
Sudan voted against the resolution on the death penalty...
Sudan voted against the resolution on the death penalty approved by the UN Commission on Human Rights on April 28 (n 1999/61)
- APRIL 1, 1999SudanDEATH PENALTY
In April, Judge el-Amin el-Tayeb sentenced 10 people...
In April, Judge el-Amin el-Tayeb sentenced 10 people to death by crucifixion for initiating the clashes in the state of West Darfur in February, when some 131 people were killed and 85 wounded
- MARCH 13, 1999SudanDEATH PENALTY
On March 13, Ahmed Hussein and 8 others were condemned...
On March 13, Ahmed Hussein and 8 others were condemned to death by hanging for looting, by a special tribunal in Niyala
- MARCH 1, 1999SudanDEATH PENALTY
In March, the director-general of the central prison...
In March, the director-general of the central prison of Kober in Khartoum North, Gen