Sudan: Imminent executions/Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Punishment\t

Sudan: Imminent executions/Cruel, Inhuman and Degrading Punishment\t

Index Number: AFR 54/001/2002
Date Published: 8 January 2002
Categories: Sudan, Africa, East Africa

The following, Abok Alfa Akok, Abdu Ismail Tong, Yousif Yaow Mombai, Mohamed Adam Yahya, Ahmed Suleiman Mohamed, Mohamed Hassan Mahmoud, Ahmed Yassin, and 23 men, have been sentenced to death, stoning or amputation, in two provinces in western Sudan, Northern and Southern Darfur. Three men were executed on 25 December 2001 in the capital of Northern Darfur, and Amnesty International fears that other executions are imminent.