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In Sudan, stoning is an obligatory sentence for certain crimes under the Sudanese Criminal Act of 1991. [27] In 2019, a Transitional Military Council signed a Constitutional Declaration which contains a chapter on rights and freedoms for Sudanese citizens that declares no one shall be subject to torture, humiliation, or ill-treatment. [61]
Stoning: The victim is battered by stones thrown by a group of people, with the injuries leading to death. It is legal in Afghanistan, Brunei, Iran, Mauritania, Northern Nigeria, Saudi Arabia, Sudan, and Yemen.
Sudan's application of Sharia law is geographically inconsistent. [219] Stoning was a judicial punishment in Sudan. Between 2009 and 2012, several women were sentenced to death by stoning. [220] [221] [222] Flogging was a legal punishment. Between 2009 and 2014, many people were sentenced to 40–100 lashes.
Lt. Gen. Mohamed Hamdan Daglo, head of Sudan's paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF), greets supporters in Aprag village, about 40 miles from Khartoum, Sudan, in a June 22, 2019 file photo.
The following cases demonstrate the kinds of actions that have led to recent episodes of capital punishment in the country. Although Sudan is a signatory to the U.N Convention on the Rights of the Child until an amendment made in 2010, Sudan was still one of the few remaining countries whose death penalty extended to juveniles. One of the last ...
Hudud [a] is an Arabic word meaning "borders, boundaries, limits". [1] The word in applied in classical Islamic literature to punishments (ranging from public lashing, public stoning to death, amputation of hands, crucifixion, depending on the crime), [2] for a limited number of crimes (murder, adultery, slander theft, etc.), [3] [4] for which punishments have been determined (or traditionally ...
Sudan is the third largest producer of gold in Africa. [7] The Sudan Gold Refinery Company, with full ownership rights vested with the Central Bank of Sudan, the Ministry of Minerals, and the Ministry of Finance and Natural Economy, produces gold in the range of 270 to 360 tons; silver alloy and silver granules are also byproducts. [4]
women under various articles of Sudan‟s Criminal Act 1991, and Sudan‟s Public Order regime which discriminates against women. A press release by Sudan‟s police (in Arabic) indicated that the demonstrators were arrested in accordance with Articles 68 and 69 of Sudan‟s Criminal law. These articles cover „public disturbance‟ offences such