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 12, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
The Appeal Court confirmed the sentence on Ibraheam...
The Appeal Court confirmed the sentence on Ibraheam Mohamed Hussein convicted of Murder under Article 130 of the Penal Code (1991) and sentenced to death on 8 June 2003 before Nyala court
- JULY 12, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
The Appeal Court confirmed the sentence on Hassan Shigaf...
The Appeal Court confirmed the sentence on Hassan Shigaf Ali convicted of Murder under Article 130 of the Penal Code (1991) and sentenced to death on 8 June 2003 before Nyala court
- JULY 4, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
Sudanese armed forces arrested 45 people of the Ma'alia...
Sudanese armed forces arrested 45 people of the Ma'alia tribe in Adila province, in southern Darfur state
- JUNE 28, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
In Sudan, the Appeal Court has confirmed the death...
In Sudan, the Appeal Court has confirmed the death sentence for Ibraheam Ahmed Omer Abaker issued by the Kass Court on September 30th, 2002
- JUNE 28, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
The Appeal Court confirmed the sentence on Ibraheam...
The Appeal Court confirmed the sentence on Ibraheam Ahmed Omer Abaker convicted of Murder under Article 130 of the Penal Code (1991) and sentenced to death on 30 September 2002 before Kass Court
- MAY 31, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
Mohamed Ishag Mohamed convicted of Armed Robbery (Hiraba)...
Mohamed Ishag Mohamed convicted of Armed Robbery (Hiraba) under Article 168 of the Penal Code (1991) was sentenced on to cross amputation before Kass Court
- MAY 9, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
It was reported that International human rights organisations...
It was reported that International human rights organisations condemned what they said were increasing cases of arbitrary arrests and torture by the Sudanese security forces in the Darfur state of western Sudan
- MAY 8, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
Ali Ibrahim was sentenced to death for running a lucrative...
Ali Ibrahim was sentenced to death for running a lucrative drug trafficking business under Al-Qaeda
- APRIL 29, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
In Sudan, the Appeal Court has confirmed the death...
In Sudan, the Appeal Court has confirmed the death sentence for Omer Alajib Jobara issued by the Aldeain town Criminal Court on March 17th, 2003
- APRIL 29, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
The Criminal Appeal Court in Aldeain town confirmed...
The Criminal Appeal Court in Aldeain town confirmed the sentence on Omer Alajib Jobara, convicted of Murder under Article 130 of the Penal Code (1991) and sentenced to death on 17 March 2003
- APRIL 26, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
A Sudanese court sentenced 24 members of a tribe to...
A Sudanese court sentenced 24 members of a tribe to death by hanging for killing 35 people during a raid on a village in western Sudan in 2002, the privately owned Akhbar al-Youm newspaper reported
- APRIL 24, 2003SudanDEATH 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, in Geneva
- APRIL 1, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
Five men were arrested, belonging to the Missairiyah...
Five men were arrested, belonging to the Missairiyah tribe, for allegedly murdering Mr
- MARCH 31, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
According to Gerhart Baum, the UN's Special Rapporteur...
According to Gerhart Baum, the UN's Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Sudan, human rights had not improved in the country
- MARCH 31, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
According to Gerhart Baum, the UN's Special Rapporteur...
According to Gerhart Baum, the UN's Special Rapporteur on the human rights situation in Sudan, human rights had not improved in the country
- MARCH 27, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
Mustafa Adam Abdella was sentenced to death before...
Mustafa Adam Abdella was sentenced to death before the Nyala Court, Sudan
- MARCH 23, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
Mustafa Adam Abdella was sentenced to death on before...
Mustafa Adam Abdella was sentenced to death on before Nyala Court
- JANUARY 30, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
In a resolution the European Parliament called for...
In a resolution the European Parliament called for the United States, Iran, China, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, Congo and others to introduce a moratorium on executions "with a view to completely abolishing the death penalty
- JANUARY 22, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
Sudan's Government angrily dismissed rebel demands...
Sudan's Government angrily dismissed rebel demands that Islamic or Sharia law should not be enforced in the capital, Khartoum
- JANUARY 15, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
The EU strongly condemned the executions of the three...
The EU strongly condemned the executions of the three persons recently sentenced to death in Sudan
- JANUARY 15, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
The EU strongly condemned the executions of the three...
The EU strongly condemned the executions of the three persons recently sentenced to death in Sudan
- JANUARY 6, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
Sudan Justice Minister Ali Mohamed Osman Yassin revealed...
Sudan Justice Minister Ali Mohamed Osman Yassin revealed that the execution of five convicted criminals had been postponed, he did not give a reason for the decision nor state how long the postponement would last, but stressed it was not due to foreign pr
- JANUARY 3, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
The European Union called on Sudan to commute the sentences...
The European Union called on Sudan to commute the sentences of five people who had been sentenced to death and were to be executed on January 5, a statement issued by the Greek foreign ministry said
- JANUARY 1, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
Sudan has signed and but not yet ratified the statutes...
Sudan has signed and but not yet ratified the statutes of the International Criminal Court, the UN permanent judicial body capable of trying individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes
- JANUARY 1, 2003SudanDEATH 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, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
Murder, armed robbery, weapons possession and smuggling,...
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, prostitution
- JANUARY 1, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
Hands Off Cain compiled reports of 19 executions in...
Hands Off Cain compiled reports of 19 executions in 1999 (including 10 by crucifixion), none for 2000, at least 7 executions in 2001 and at least 40 in 2002
- JANUARY 1, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
The 1998 Constitution of Sudan, at Part II on Freedoms,...
The 1998 Constitution of Sudan, at Part II on Freedoms, Rights and Responsibilities, makes provision for the death penalty
- JANUARY 1, 2003SudanDEATH PENALTY
Special Courts were established in May 2001 to deal...
Special Courts were established in May 2001 to deal with offences such as armed robbery, murder, weapons possession and smuggling
- DECEMBER 24, 2002SudanDEATH PENALTY
A man was sentenced to death by the Ras Al Khaimah...
A man was sentenced to death by the Ras Al Khaimah Sharia Court for murder