Sudan: Further information: 105 people facing death sentences in Sudan

Index Number: AFR 54/003/2010
Date Published: 21 January 2010
Categories: Sudan

Two alleged members of the Justice and Equality Movement (JEM), an armed opposition group based in the Darfur region in western Sudan, have been sentenced to death for their alleged participation in an attack on Sudan's capital, Khartoum. This brings to 105 the total number of individuals sentenced to death in connection with the attack.