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
- JULY 21, 2004SudanDEATH PENALTY
A Sudanese media centre close to the government said...
A Sudanese media centre close to the government said that 200 members of pro-government militias accused of ethnic cleansing in Darfur had been tried and that some had received death sentences
- JULY 1, 2004SudanDEATH PENALTY
A UN human rights investigator said she saw "strong...
A UN human rights investigator said she saw "strong indications of crimes against humanity" during a 13-day visit to the Darfur region of Sudan and called for the international community to investigate exactly what happened
- JUNE 2, 2004SudanDEATH PENALTY
The Nyala court in Southern Darfur State, western Sudan,...
The Nyala court in Southern Darfur State, western Sudan, headed by judge Mukhtar Ibrahim Adam, passed a death sentence on Adam Harun Issa, Ahmad Muhammad Abd-al Qadir and Musa Issa Diku
- MAY 7, 2004SudanDEATH PENALTY
The Sudanese government is responsible for "ethnic...
The Sudanese government is responsible for "ethnic cleansing" and crimes against humanity in the western region of Darfur, Human Rights Watch said in a new report
- APRIL 21, 2004SudanDEATH PENALTY
Sudan voted against the resolution on the death penalty...
Sudan voted against the resolution on the death penalty at the 60th UN Commission on Human Rights
- APRIL 20, 2004SudanDEATH PENALTY
The Sudanese authorities would let a UN team into Sudan...
The Sudanese authorities would let a UN team into Sudan within days to probe alleged atrocities by government-backed militia in the western Darfur region after initially denying the group entry, a UN spokesman said
- APRIL 11, 2004SudanDEATH 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.
- MARCH 31, 2004SudanDEATH PENALTY
Nyala Criminal Court sentenced two men to death by...
Nyala Criminal Court sentenced two men to death by hanging under articles 130 and 175 of the 1991 Penal Code
- JANUARY 28, 2004SudanDEATH PENALTY
The Al-Fashir criminal court in Sudan, sentenced Tayyib...
The Al-Fashir criminal court in Sudan, sentenced Tayyib Ali Ahmad to death and two others to eleven and seven years on charges of subversion and incitement to war against the state, smuggling of weapons, incitement to violently oppose authority and partic
- JANUARY 3, 2004SudanDEATH PENALTY
Nyala Criminal Court sentenced three men to death by...
Nyala Criminal Court sentenced three men to death by hanging after convicting them for murder under Article 130 of the Penal Code (1991)
- DECEMBER 31, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
The Nyala criminal court, Sudan, sentenced Issa Ismaeal...
The Nyala criminal court, Sudan, sentenced Issa Ismaeal Sabeel, a 27 year-old farmer living in Mahajrea, to death by hanging after convicting him of murder under Article 130 of the Penal Code
- DECEMBER 29, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
The Nyala criminal court in Sudan sentenced Sanousi...
The Nyala criminal court in Sudan sentenced Sanousi Alhaj Ismaeal, a 27 year-old merchant from Hey Alwihda in Nyala, to death by hanging after convicting him for murder under Article 130 of the Penal Code (1991)
- DECEMBER 4, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
In Sudan, the Appeal Court has confirmed the death...
In Sudan, the Appeal Court has confirmed the death sentence for Bilal Hamid Alhabu issued by the Aldeain town Criminal Court on September 30th, 2003
- DECEMBER 4, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
The Appeal Court confirmed the sentence on Bilal Hamid...
The Appeal Court confirmed the sentence on Bilal Hamid Alhabu convicted of Murder under Article 130 of the Penal Code (1991) and sentenced to death on 30 September 2003 before the Aldeain Court
- NOVEMBER 22, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
7 people were tried for an attack on a village belonging...
7 people were tried for an attack on a village belonging to the Reziegat tribe on 1 July 2003
- NOVEMBER 13, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
A criminal court in western Sudan sentenced five men...
A criminal court in western Sudan sentenced five men to death by hanging after it found them guilty of murder
- NOVEMBER 6, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
A Sudanese man was publicly executed by firing squad...
A Sudanese man was publicly executed by firing squad in Chad's capital city of Ndjamena
- NOVEMBER 3, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
The Nyala criminal court in Sudan sentenced three men...
The Nyala criminal court in Sudan sentenced three men to death by hanging after being convicted of murder under Article 130 of the Penal Code (1991)
- OCTOBER 16, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
Fourteen men and one woman were sentenced to death...
Fourteen men and one woman were sentenced to death by hanging for burning 2 villages, Jukhma and Jebra in Darfour, on May 15th, 2003, and killing at least 8 persons belonging to the Four tribe
- OCTOBER 13, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
Nyala Criminal Court sentenced 14 men and one woman...
Nyala Criminal Court sentenced 14 men and one woman to death by hanging
- SEPTEMBER 25, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
Five men had their death sentence, followed by crucifixion,...
Five men had their death sentence, followed by crucifixion, carried out
- AUGUST 13, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
Sudanese national Idriss bin Adam bin Ali was publicly...
Sudanese national Idriss bin Adam bin Ali was publicly executed in Jeddah, Saudi Arabia, after being found guilty of smuggling hallucinogenic tablets into the kingdom
- JULY 15, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
In Sudan, the Appeal Court has confirmed the death...
In Sudan, the Appeal Court has confirmed the death sentence for Ibraheam Yahya Yagoub issued by the Bouram town Criminal Court on May 29th, 2003
- JULY 15, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
The Appeal Court confirmed the sentence on Ibraheam...
The Appeal Court confirmed the sentence on Ibraheam Yahya Yagoub convicted of Murder under Article 130 of the Penal Code (1991) and sentenced to death on 29 May 2003 before Bouram Court
- JULY 12, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
In Sudan, the Appeal Court has confirmed the death...
In Sudan, the Appeal Court has confirmed the death sentence for Abdelraheam Omer Zakaria issued by the Nyala town Criminal Court on May 17th, 2003
- JULY 12, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
In Sudan, the Appeal Court has confirmed the death...
In Sudan, the Appeal Court has confirmed the death sentence for Ibraheam Dawood Abdelrahman issued by the Nyala Criminal Court on May 17th, 2003
- JULY 12, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
In Sudan, the Appeal Court has confirmed the death...
In Sudan, the Appeal Court has confirmed the death sentence for Hassan Shigaf Ali issued by the Nyala town Criminal Court on June 8th, 2003
- JULY 12, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
In Sudan, the Appeal Court has confirmed the death...
In Sudan, the Appeal Court has confirmed the death sentence for Ibraheam Mohamed Hussain issued by the Nyala town Criminal Court on June 8th, 2003
- JULY 12, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
The Appeal Court confirmed the sentence on Abdelraheam...
The Appeal Court confirmed the sentence on Abdelraheam Omer Zakaria convicted of Murder under Article 130 of the Penal Code (1991) and sentenced to death on 17 May 2003
- JULY 12, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
The Appeal Court confirmed the sentence onIbraheam...
The Appeal Court confirmed the sentence onIbraheam Dawood Abdelrahman convicted of Murder under Article 130 of the Penal Code (1991) and sentenced to death on 17 May 2003 before Nyala Court