Five men had their death sentence, followed by crucifixion,...

Five men had their death sentence, followed by crucifixion, carried out. Their names are as follows: Ahmed Jouma Mohamed, Adam Abdella Mohamed, Habeab Ali Abdel Gadir, Mohamed A Abaker Nour, Khaleal Tahir Bashear baker Bashear. The five men mentioned were arrested on 2 September 2001 from a village near Aldeain town in Southern Darfur state; they were accused of armed robbery between Aldeain and Abu Soufyan village and murdering seven people. This allegedly took place on 28 August 2001. They were sentenced to death followed by crucifixion on 8 May 2002 by the Special Court in Nyala after convicting them under article 168 of the Penal Code (Hiraba). An appeal was lodged by their lawyers on 11 May 2002; the Appeal Court confirmed the sentence on 24. On 19 December 2002 and against this judgment, another appeal was lodged in the Supreme Court in Khartoum on 21 April 2003. The Supreme Court confirmed the sentence and on the punishment was carried out. The punishment was carried out despite the fact that the defendants had the right to have the decision of the Supreme Court reviewed by the Constitutional Court.