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
- APRIL 22, 2007SudanDEATH PENALTY
Sudanese authorities hanged two of its army soldiers over involvement in Darfur war crimes.
Sudanese authorities hanged two of its army soldiers over involvement in Darfur war crimes.
- MARCH 14, 2007SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDAN. TWO WOMEN SENTENCED TO DEATH BY STONING
Two women, Amunah Abdallah (23) and Sa'diah Fadul (22) were sentenced to death by stoning by the
- JANUARY 21, 2007SudanDEATH PENALTY
SUDANESE CHILD RAPISTS WHIPPED AND SENTENCED TO HANG FOR CHILD RAPE
the Sudanese central Khartoum criminal court convicted Mutassim Khairallah, 35, and Imad Tabben,
- JANUARY 1, 2007SudanDEATH PENALTY
The crimes punishable by death are murder, armed robbery...
The crimes punishable by death are murder, armed robbery...
- DECEMBER 26, 2006Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
IRAQ HANDS DEATH SENTENCE TO THREE 'FOREIGN FIGHTERS'
an Iraqi court sentenced a Saudi, a Syrian and a Sudanese to death after finding them guilty of Al-Qaeda related terrorist offences, the US-led coalition in Iraq said.
- DECEMBER 12, 2006SudanDEATH PENALTY
SEVEN SENTENCED TO DEATH IN SUDAN
the central Khartoum criminal court, Sudan, headed by judge Abd-al-Rahim Qasm-al-Sid, sentenced seven suspects to death by hanging for their involvement in the Soba riots which led to the deaths of sixteen policemen and a number of citizens on May 18, 200
- MAY 21, 2006SudanDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty charged in a 2005 report that minors are "convicted to death" in Sudan...
Amnesty charged in a 2005 report that minors are "convicted to death" in Sudan contrary to four international human rights treaties that prohibit juveniles from being sentenced to death or executed. An IPS investigation was unable to find evidence that
- MAY 21, 2006SudanDEATH PENALTY
Amnesty charged in a 2005 report that minors are "convicted to death" in Sudan...
Amnesty charged in a 2005 report that minors are "convicted to death" in Sudan contrary to four international human rights treaties that prohibit juveniles from being sentenced to death or executed. An IPS investigation was unable to find evidence that
- JANUARY 1, 2006SudanDEATH PENALTY
The crimes punishable by death are murder, armed robbery...
The crimes punishable by death are murder, armed robbery...
- DECEMBER 27, 2005Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
Mohammed Nur Ali, a Sudanese man found
Mohammed Nur Ali, a Sudanese man found
- DECEMBER 25, 2005SudanDEATH PENALTY
the Zalingy Special Criminal Court sentenced Abdella Salih Hussain Mohamed...
the Zalingy Special Criminal Court sentenced Abdella Salih Hussain Mohamed...
- DECEMBER 22, 2005SudanDEATH PENALTY
Abubakar Ali Koko, 29, married with four children was sentenced by Egazira Aba Criminal Court...
Abubakar Ali Koko, 29, married with four children was sentenced by Egazira Aba Criminal Court...
- 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...
- DECEMBER 16, 2004SudanDEATH PENALTY
the trial of more than 70 people suspected of involvement in an alleged attempt...
the trial of more than 70 people suspected of involvement in an alleged attempt...
- NOVEMBER 24, 2004SudanDEATH PENALTY
Sudan filed charges against 92 people suspected of involvement in...
Sudan filed charges against 92 people suspected of involvement in...
- NOVEMBER 3, 2004ItalyDEATH PENALTY
a civil court in Milan, Italy, gave political asylum to Senegalese national
a civil court in Milan, Italy, gave political asylum to Senegalese national
- OCTOBER 26, 2004SudanDEATH PENALTY
The Sudanese Armed forces and the Military Intelligence...
The Sudanese Armed forces and the Military Intelligence arrested two men and two minors from the Birgid tribe, from a place between Janjonat and Labanti villages, near Doumma 12 Km North of Nyala, Sudan Organisation Against Torture (SOAT) reported
- SEPTEMBER 26, 2004SudanDEATH PENALTY
A court in Sudan's troubled Darfur region has sentenced...
A court in Sudan's troubled Darfur region has sentenced three militiamen to death and six others to up to five years in prison for murder and pillage, the Sudanese Media Centre said
- AUGUST 13, 2004Saudi ArabiaDEATH PENALTY
A Sudanese national was beheaded for the stabbing death...
A Sudanese national was beheaded for the stabbing death of a Saudi during a fight