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
- NOVEMBER 17, 2008SudanDEATH PENALTY
EU SEEKS DIALOGUE WITH SUDAN ON DEATH PENALTY
a delegation of European diplomats arrived in southern Sudan seeking Sudan's support for a European Union call for a moratorium on the death penalty.
- NOVEMBER 10, 2008SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN: APPEAL LODGED AGAINST DEATH SENTENCE OF JOURNALIST MURDER SUSPECTS
the defenCe committee in the homicide case of the editor-in-chief of Al-Wifaq newspaper, Muhammad Taha Muhammad Ahmad, lodged an appeal to the Sudanese constitutional court to suspend the death penalty against the nine convicts.
- OCTOBER 24, 2008SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN: SUPREME COURT REJECTS DEATH SENTENCE APPEAL
the Sudanese Supreme Court in Khartoum rejected an appeal by lawyer Kamal Umar Abd-al-Salam
- AUGUST 20, 2008SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN CONDEMNS 12 DARFUR REBELS TO DEATH
a Sudanese court sentenced to death 12 alleged Darfur rebels, bringing to 50 the number condemned to hang over an attack on Khartoum and defying criticism from Amnesty International.
- AUGUST 18, 2008SudanDEATH PENALTY
AMNESTY INTERNATIONAL CALLS TRIALS OF ALLEGED SUDANESE REBELS A SHAM
the human rights group Amnesty International is accusing the Sudanese government of holding hundreds of people without charges or access to lawyers.
- AUGUST 17, 2008SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN CONDEMNS LEADING DARFUR REBEL TO DEATH
a Sudanese court sentenced a top Darfur rebel and seven others to death, bringing to 38 the number condemned to hang over an unprecedented attack on Khartoum that killed more than 222 people
- AUGUST 13, 2008SudanDEATH PENALTY
the International Secretariat of the World Organisation Against Torture...
the International Secretariat of the World Organisation Against Torture...
- AUGUST 7, 2008SudanDEATH PENALTY
UN RAISES CONCERN OVER SUDAN'S DARFUR REBEL TRIALS
the United Nations voiced concern over trials in Sudan that sentenced to death 30 alleged Darfur rebels for an attack on the capital and urged Khartoum to abolish capital punishment.
- AUGUST 6, 2008SudanDEATH PENALTY
HUMAN RIGHTS WATCH CRITICISES SUDAN'S SPECIAL COURTS
the civil rights group Human Rights Watch sharply criticised the use of special courts in the Sudan.
- AUGUST 5, 2008SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN: DARFUR ‘REBELS’ APPEAL DEATH PENALTIES
in Sudan, eight Darfur ‘rebels’ facing death penalties for terrorists attacks on Khartoum appealed against their convictions, a lawyer said.
- JULY 31, 2008SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN: 22 SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TERRORISM
anti-terrorisms courts in Sudan sentenced another 22 of the alleged Darfur rebels to death for terrorism and involvement in the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM).
- JULY 29, 2008SudanDEATH PENALTY
EIGHT SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR TERRORISM
in Sudan, a judge of the Khartoum Anti-terrorism Court No 1 sentenced eight Darfur ‘rebels’ to death over an assault near the capital, Khartoum, in May.
- APRIL 30, 2008SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN: FOUR MEN SENTENCED TO DEATH FOR MURDER & ROBBERY
the Khartoum North Criminal Court in Sudan, presided over by Judge Mudathir al-Rashid, sentenced four men to death by hanging after they were convicted of killing a policeman in an exchange of fire at a Central Reserve Force camp in Al-Fula.
- APRIL 6, 2008SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN. TORTURE LANDED 10 INMATES ON DEATH ROW, LAWYERS SAY
the lives of 10 Sudanese on death row are hanging in the balance as their lawyers
- MARCH 10, 2008SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN. DEATH PENALTY UPHELD FOR KILLERS OF EDITOR
the Court of Appeal in Sudan upheld the death sentence against ten people
- FEBRUARY 26, 2008SudanDEATH PENALTY
the Sudanese judiciary revealed that it had received a memorandum through the
the Sudanese judiciary revealed that it had received a memorandum through the
- FEBRUARY 24, 2008SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN. FIVE MEN FROM NILE STATE EXECUTED IN KHARTOUM
five individuals from Nile State were executed in Kobar prison in Khartoum,
- JANUARY 8, 2008EthiopiaDEATH PENALTY
five Ethiopians detained in Sudan could face detention without trial, torture
five Ethiopians detained in Sudan could face detention without trial, torture
- 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.