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 3, 2015SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: 27 TRIED ON APOSTASY CHARGE THAT MAY BRING DEATH SENTENCES
A Sudanese court could sentence 27 Muslims to death for believing in a strand of Islam that’s considered
- NOVEMBER 26, 2015SudanDEATH PENALTY
the special Darfur Criminal Court in Khartoum sentenced 18 people belonging to the rebel Sudan Liberation
the special Darfur Criminal Court in Khartoum sentenced 18 people belonging to the rebel Sudan Liberation
- SEPTEMBER 11, 2015SudanDEATH PENALTY
a Sudanese youth court issued a death sentence against two men who were found guilty of sexually abusing
a Sudanese youth court issued a death sentence against two men who were found guilty of sexually abusing
- SEPTEMBER 3, 2015SudanDEATH PENALTY
a Sudanese juvenile court issued a death sentence against a man found guilty of sexually abusing a three-
a Sudanese juvenile court issued a death sentence against a man found guilty of sexually abusing a three-
AUGUST 5, 2015SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: COURT CLEARS SOUTH SUDAN PASTORS OF SPYING
A court in Sudan has freed two South Sudanese Christian pastors after acquitting them of charges that include spying and crimes against the state.
MARCH 16, 2015SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: BASHIR PARDONS FIVE DARFUR REBEL FIGURES SENTENCED TO DEATH
The Sudanese president Omer Hassan al-Bashir issued a decree pardoning five convicts from the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) who belong to the faction which signed a peace agreement with Khartoum led by Bakheit Abdul-Karim Dabago.
JANUARY 14, 2015SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: SUPREME COURT UPHOLDS DEATH PENALTY FOR SPLM-N LEADERS
the National Supreme Court in Khartoum upheld the verdicts of the Blue Nile Criminal Court concerning 63
- JANUARY 1, 2015SudanDEATH PENALTY
The 1991 penal code based on Sharia law prescribes both the death penalty and corporal punishment.
The 1991 penal code based on Sharia law prescribes both the death penalty and corporal punishment.
- DECEMBER 10, 2014SudanDEATH PENALTY
a teacher was executed for raping a female student.
a teacher was executed for raping a female student.
- DECEMBER 3, 2014SudanDEATH PENALTY
the Darfur Crimes Court sentenced seven people to death by hanging. They were found guilty
the Darfur Crimes Court sentenced seven people to death by hanging. They were found guilty
NOVEMBER 5, 2014SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: POLICE OFFICER SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR KILLING WOMAN
A Khartoum criminal court sentenced a police officer to death for killing Awadiya Ajabna on the outskirts of
SEPTEMBER 16, 2014SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: TWO JEM FIGHTERS HANGED IN KHARTOUM
Sudan hanged two people convicted over the killing of Chinese oil workers and damaging an oil pipeline in troubled South Kordofan State six years ago.
JULY 15, 2014NigeriaDEATH PENALTYNIGERIA: OGWUCHE, NYANYAN BLAST MASTERMIND, EXTRADITED FROM SUDAN
Aminu Sadiq Ogwuche the co-mastermind of the Nyanya Motor Park bombing, in which scores of citizens
JULY 7, 2014SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: THREE REBELS HANDED DEATH SENTENCE
A Sudanese special court sentenced three rebels to death by hanging, a lawyer for the accused said.
JULY 5, 2014SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: 12 SLM-AW REBELS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN CENTRAL DARFUR
The criminal court of Zalingei, the capital of Central Darfur, sentenced 12 members of the Sudan Liberation
JUNE 23, 2014SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: COURT ORDERS RELEASE OF WOMAN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR CHANGING FAITH
The Court of Cassation ordered the release of a 27-year-old woman who was sentenced to death in Sudan
MAY 15, 2014SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: WOMAN TO BE HANGED FOR SHUNNING ISLAM
a Sudanese judge confirmed the death sentence of Mariam Yahya Ibrahim, the pregnant woman who was
- MAY 11, 2014SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN: PREGNANT MOTHER FOUND GUILTY, SENTENCED TO DEATH
International Christian Concern (ICC) has learned that a Christian mother pregnant with her second child
- MARCH 13, 2014SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN: REBEL CHIEFS SENTENCED TO DEATH IN ABSENTIA
a Sudanese court sentenced seventeen people to death in absentia, including a former Governor who is now a rebel leader, and another insurgent chief, said Al-Tigani Hassan, a lawyer who was present for the verdict in Singa town, the capital of Sennar Stat
- JANUARY 21, 2014SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN APPROVES DEATH PENALTY FOR HUMAN TRAFFICKERS
Sudan’s parliament endorsed a human trafficking act that allows to sentence human traffickers with the
- JANUARY 1, 2014SudanDEATH PENALTY
The 1991 penal code based on Sharia law prescribes both the death penalty and corporal punishment.
The 1991 penal code based on Sharia law prescribes both the death penalty and corporal punishment.
MAY 29, 2013SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: FOUR HANGED IN EL-OBEID PRISON FOR FARMER’S MURDER
Authorities in El-Obeid prison in Northern Kordofan State, Sudan, have hanged four people
- MAY 8, 2013SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN: EAST DARFUR COURT SENTENCES ‘OMDA MURDERER’ TO HANG
A man accused of killing an “omda” (village leader) in a road ambush on 14 April has
- MAY 6, 2013SudanDEATH PENALTY
three men were sentenced to death by the Special Criminal Court on the Events in Darfur (SCCED).
three men were sentenced to death by the Special Criminal Court on the Events in Darfur (SCCED).
- MARCH 28, 2013SudanDEATH PENALTY
seven Justice and Equality Movement’s members were sentenced to death
seven Justice and Equality Movement’s members were sentenced to death
- MARCH 19, 2013SudanDEATH PENALTY
seven people were sentenced to death by the Special Criminal
seven people were sentenced to death by the Special Criminal
FEBRUARY 24, 2013SudanDEATH PENALTYSUDAN: SIX MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY HANGING IN EL FASHER
The special court for crimes committed in Darfur, headed by judge Tarig Khalil, sentenced six
- FEBRUARY 18, 2013SudanDEATH PENALTY
a Sudanese judge sentenced seven men to hang for the drugging and rape of a 14-year-old girl
a Sudanese judge sentenced seven men to hang for the drugging and rape of a 14-year-old girl
- FEBRUARY 18, 2013SudanDEATH PENALTY
the Anti-terrorism Court in South Darfur executed by hanging
the Anti-terrorism Court in South Darfur executed by hanging
- JANUARY 1, 2013SudanDEATH PENALTY
The 1991 penal code based on Sharia law prescribes both the death penalty and corporal punishment.
The 1991 penal code based on Sharia law prescribes both the death penalty and corporal punishment.