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Christian man sentenced to Amputation in Sudan
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Volume 1, Issue 7 | 5th January-18th January, 2004
Man sentenced to Amputation
By Mustafa Sirri
The Sudan Supreme Court (criminal circuit) headed by Deputy Chief, Judge Mohammed Hamid Abu-sin, and Judges Mohamed Ibrahim Mohamed, Dr Ibrahim Ahmed Osman, Abdulla al Fadil Lessa and Nuridin Ali Abdul Majeed as members, on November 12 dismissed the appeal of Joseph Garang and upheld his conviction and sentence. Garang was arrested and charged by Police for stealing 488,000 Dinar from a business store in Kobar town. He was convicted by Khartoum Bahri-market criminal court on February 9 and sentenced to amputation of his right hand under Islamic law. Mr Metiang Kowaj, Garang’s lawyer, asked the Supreme Court to drop or uphold the sentence because his client is a Christian South Sudanese who is supposed to be exempted from Islamic law, and the implication of (Hodood) on a Christian person violates article (125) of Sudan criminal code. The lower court had tried his client in the absence of his lawyers and convicted him on testimonies of policemen. Mr. Kowaj argued. Judge Mohamed Ibrahim Mohamed said the accused was convicted on Islamic “Hodood” which is the right of Allah “God” and not the plaintiff or the nation, thus no authority or individual can drop it.
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