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. Those convicted are all from the rebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM). Another defendant was acquitted and a 10th was referred to a juvenile court because he was under age (no further information is currently available on these two individuals). Kamal Mohamed Saboon, Musa Hamid, Younis Abdalla, Musa Adam Hassan, Bahr Edin Bashir, Bushara Abdalla Issa, Ibrahim Alnor Zakaria and Shumo Osman Ishaq all received death sentences. The sentences have to be ratified both by an appeals court and the country's top court, then signed by the president, AFP said. Sudan set up special courts in Omdurman and Khartoum to try the suspects.