DEATH PENALTY EMERGENCY IN SUDAN

the International Secretariat of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) has been informed by the Sudan Organisation Against Torture (SOAT), a member of the OMCT network, that 12 prisoners that were charged with armed robbery were hanged on May 22nd, 23rd and 25th, 2002, and that a further 15 prisoners have been sentenced to death and are awaiting their execution, in Dafour, Sudan. The Special Court sentenced these detainees to death by hanging during the months of March and May 2002.
The names and execution dates of the men that have been publicly executed in Alfashir Prison in Northern Dafour are as follows: Adam Daw Albait Abou 22/05 Ahmed Idris Daifan 22/05 Mohamed Ishag Fouda 22/05 Mansour Saeed Fadim 23/05 Hamdan Rabieh Tagadiem 23/05 Ismail Adam Sabiel 23/05 Aldowma Mohamed Saeed 23/05 Nasir Aldin Shahata Tagadiem 23/05 Adam Abakar Hamdan 25/05 Alsaied Adam Alzain 25/05 Musabil Mohamed Abdalla 25/05 Issa Arga Osman 25/05
According to the information received, the High Court failed to review Mr. Musabil Mohamed Abdalla and Mr. Issa Arga Osman´s cases, and blatantly failed to abide by the fundamental rules of court, leading to death sentences having been handed out as the result of unfair trials. .

Send your appeal to:- His Excellency Lieutenant General Omar Hassan al-Bashir, President of the Republic of Sudan, President´ s Palace, PO Box 281, Khartoum, Sudan, Fax: + 24911 783223/787676- His Excellency Mr Mustafa Osman Ismail, Minister of Foreign Affairs, Ministry of Foreign Affairs, PO Box 873, Khartoum, Sudan, Fax: + 24911 779383- Dr Ahmed al-Mufti, Advisory Council for Human Rights, PO Box 302, Khartoum, Sudan, Sudan, Fax: + 24911 770883- Mr Ali Mohamed Osman Yassin, Minister of Justice and Attorney General, Ministry of Justice, Khartoum, Sudan, Fax: + 24911 788941- His Excellency Ambassador Mr. Ibrahim Mirghani Ibrahim, Permanent Mission of the Republic of Sudan to the United Nations in Geneva, PO Box 335, 1211 Geneva, Switzerland, Fax: +4122 731 26 56, E-mail: mission.sudan@ties.itu.int.Please also write to the diplomatic representatives of Sudan in your country.Kindly inform us of any action undertaken quoting the code of this appeal in your reply.