More Execution sentences

The regime's courts in Sudan issued another 12 death Sentences against Darfurian rebels. Th total number of those sentenced to death reached 103 as of June 9, 2009!



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الحكم باعدام 12 من متمردي دارفور لمشاركتهم في الهجوم على امدرمان


الثلاثاء, 09 يونيو 2009 21:57
قضت محكمة سودانية يوم الثلاثاء باعدام 12 عضوا بحركة العدل والمساواة المتمردة بدارفور لمشاركتهم في هجوم على الخرطوم عام 2008 أسفر عن مقتل اكثر من 200 شخص. وبهذا الحكم الذي يعتقد أنه الاخير في سلسلة من القضايا التي أحيلت للمحكمة اثر هذا الهجوم يصبح عدد متمردي دارفور الذين صدرت ضدهم أحكام بالاعدام فيما يتصل بالتقدم على العاصمة السودانية 103. ولم يتم تنفيذ حكم الاعدام في اي منهم

More Executions in Sudan

http://www.abc.net.au/news/stories/2009/05/21/2576562.htm?section=world
Posted Thu May 21, 2009 12:14am AEST
A Sudanese court has sentenced another nine Darfur rebels to death over a 2008 attack on Khartoum, raising to 91 the number of Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) fighters ordered hanged for the raid.
Judge Awkesha Mohammed Awkesha found the JEM fighters guilty of terrorism, murder and destroying public property during the unprecedented attack on the capital's twin city of Omdurman in May 2008.
Two other men were acquitted and another was given a five-year sentence for having given the other accused somewhere to hide.
Special tribunals set up in the wake of the attack have been judging the alleged rebels in batches over the last few weeks, usually sentencing around 10 to death at a time.

More than 222 people were killed when rebels thrust more than 1,000 kilometres across the sandy expanse from conflict-torn Darfur in western Sudan to Omdurman, just across the Nile from the presidential palace.
Last year, the United Nations expressed concern over the trials in Sudanese courts especially created for the case and urged Khartoum to abolish capital punishment.
Defence lawyers have argued that the special courts are unconstitutional and have not guaranteed their clients' legal rights.
Defence lawyer Dawood Abdel Rahman said he would appeal Wednesday's sentences "but I don't expect any change because these courts were formed in a special way and are unconstitutional."
- AFP

http://www.sudaneseonline.com/ar2/publish/_1/Sudan_News_A1712.shtml
الخرطوم (رويترز) - قضت محكمة سودانية يوم الاربعاء بالاعدام على تسعة لمشاركتهم في هجوم لمتمردي دارفور على العاصمة الخرطوم
.وبهذا يرتفع عدد من صدر عليهم حكم بالاعدام شنقا في قضية هجوم متمردي حركة العدل والمساواة على الخرطوم الى 91 .
وبعد النطق بالحكم في محكمة شمال الخرطوم هب ستة من المتهمين وهتفوا "ثورة حتى النصر" بينما صرخت نساء داخل القاعة من الصدمة.وقطعت قوات حركة العدل والمساواة مئات الاميال من الاراضي الصحراوية لتهاجم الخرطوم في مايو ايار 2008 وأوقفت فقط على بعد مسافة قصيرة من قصر الرئاسة ومقر قيادة الجيش.وشجبت الحركة العقوبة وهي الاحدث في سلسلة من احكام الاعدام في المحاكمة الخاصة بالهجوم التي بدأت في يوليو تموز.كما قضت المحكمة بالسجن خمس سنوات على احد المتهمين بايواء عضو في حركة العدل والمساواة بينما برأت ساحة رجلين اخرين.ووصف أحمد حسين ادم المتحدث باسم الحركة ومقره بريطانيا الحكم بانه عمل استفزازي وقال انه يمكن أن يقوض المفاوضات المتعثرة بالفعل مع الحكومة السودانية والتي تجري في الدوحة.وقال أحمد لرويترز عبر الهاتف "يوم بعد يوم وأسبوع بعد أسبوع يقدمون أعضاءنا الى المحكمة ويحكمون عليهم بالاعدام."انهم يحاولون مواصلة الضغوط علينا حتى لا نهاجمهم مرة أخرى. لكن هذا لن يمنحهم الامان."وأضاف ان الحكم ينتهك القانون الدولي واتفاقا لحسن النوايا وقعه الجانبان في قطر في فبراير شباط.وتابع "ينص الاتفاق على معاملة اعضائنا كأسرى حرب. ولا يجب اصدار احكام بحق الاسرى أو محاكمتهم."واردف ان الحركة ستثير المسألة مع وسطاء من الاتحاد الافريقي والامم المتحدة يشرفون على محادثات الدوحة.واجتمع قادة من حركة العدل والمساواة مع مسؤولين كبار في الحكومة السودانية في قطر مرتين هذا العام في محادثات من المفترض أن تمهد الطريق امام مفاوضات سلام كاملة.وتقول الخرطوم ان ما يزيد عن 200 شخص معظمهم مدنيون قتلوا في الهجوم الذي شنته الحركة على أم درمان التي يفصلها نهر النيل عن وسط الخرطوم.© Copyright by SudaneseOnline.com

70 Darfurians sentenced to Death in Khartoum!

http://www.javno.com/en-world/darfur-rebels-sentenced-to-death-for-attack_252892
Published: April 22, 2009 15:49h

A Sudanese court on Wednesday sentenced 11 members of the Darfur rebel Justice and Equality Movement to death for a 2008 attack on the Sudanese capital.
Five other defendants were acquitted and will be freed, the court said.

More than 70 rebels have now been sentenced to death for the bold attack in which more than 200 people were killed, including JEM leader Khalil Ibrahim's half brother Abdel Aziz el-Nur Ashr. None of those sentenced has yet been executed.

The rebels drove hundreds of miles across desert and scrubland to reach the capital and were only a few kilometres from the presidential palace when government troops halted them.
"We sentence them to the death penalty by hanging," judge Issam Ismail said on Wednesday after the individual verdicts were read out, to shouts of protest from the condemned men.
The men were found guilty of 12 charges, including treason, violence against the state and illegal possession of weapons.
Their lawyer launched an appeal against the verdict and questioned the legality of the specially created terrorism courts.

http://www.sudaneseonline.com/ar2161/publish/_1/Sudan_News_A226.shtml

السودان: الحكم بإعدام 11 من «العدل والمساواة» بتهمة الهجوم على مدينة أم درمان

الخرطوم: إسماعيل آدم حكمت محكمة مختصة بقضايا الإرهاب في الخرطوم، أمس، بالإعدام شنقاً حتى الموت على 11 من منسوبي حركة العدل والمساواة المسلحة في دارفور، بعد أن أدانتهم بالتورط في الهجوم الذي شنته قوات الحركة على مدينة «أم درمان» في مايو (أيار) العام الماضي، أدى إلى مقتل أكثر من 200 شخص، وإصابة المئات، إلى جانب خسائر مادية في مختلف أحياء وأسواق «أم درمان». كما أحالت المحكمة أحد المتهمين إلى محكمة الأحداث لصغر عمره (17 عاماً)، وبرأت 4 متهمين، وأرجات محاكمة أحد المتهمين إلى حين

التعافي من مرض ألّم به قبل جلسة النطق بالحكم

also, more at Sudan Tribune: http://sudantribune.com/spip.php?article30964

ABC Channel 40 interview

Local Man Reacts to Charges Against Sudanese President
March 4, 2009 06:08 PM EST
By Marci Izard

AMHERST, Mass. (Abc40)-- On Wednesday, the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. The news has comes as a relief to Amherst resident Mohamed Elgadi.

Elgadi arrested in Khartoum, Sudan in 1992 for his human rights work. Government officials held -and tortured him- for four months.
"It's a long time but it's still painful. They did everything from electric shocks...beating ... everything, including rape," he says.
Elgadi was finally released under the condition that he work as a Government informant. He consented - then fled.

He and his family have lived in the United States for over fifteen years but they still are active in the fight for justice in Sudan. He says the atrocities in Darfur have put an international spotlight on the violence, which he says, is going on across the country.

Three powerful women

from the website of our sister org Darfur Alert Coalition

These three women hold in their hands the future of Sudanese dictator Omar al-Bashir, and of Darfur. They are the pretrial judges of the International Criminal Court -- Akua Kuenyehia of Ghana (left), Sylvia Steiner of Brazil (center) and Anita Usacka of Latvia -- who are ruling whether to issue an arrest warrant for Bashir for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity. Their historic ruling will be announced to the world Wednesday, March 4, and the reaction will be immediate and worldwide

ICC Judges issued the Arrest Warrant

from the New york Times http://www.nytimes.com/2009/02/12/world/africa/12hague.html?_r=2

2/11/2009

THE HAGUE — Judges at the International Criminal Court have decided to issue an arrest warrant for President Omar Hassan al-Bashir of Sudan, brushing aside diplomatic requests to allow more time for peace negotiations in the conflict-riddled Darfur region of his country, according to court lawyers and diplomats.

It is the first time the court has sought the detention of a sitting head of state since opening its doors in 2002, and could further complicate the tense, international debate over how to solve the crisis in Darfur.
Ever since international prosecutors began seeking an arrest warrant last year, opponents have pressed the United Nations Security Council to use its power to suspend the proceedings. But a majority of council members have argued that the case should go forward, saying Mr. Bashir has not done enough to stop the bloodshed in Darfur to deserve a reprieve.
Many African and Arab nations counter that issuing a warrant for Mr. Bashir’s arrest could backfire, diminishing Sudan’s willingness to compromise for the sake of peace. Others, including some United Nations officials, worry that a warrant could inspire reprisal attacks against civilians, aid groups or the thousands of international peacekeepers deployed there.

Obama's visit to Darfur reguees (video)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aTTNz9mt8Ow
Finally we put our hand on this important and powerful video of the visit of then Senator Obama to one of the Darfur refugees camps in 2006. Thanks to Salah Bandar who re-posted it on Sudaneseonline yesterday.

"I came here to learn from you and listen to what needed to happen... I will report back on what I heard here from you... I'm gonna be working hard when I go back to the United State... you are not going to be forgotten"

Listen to this 9-min video