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Re: بيان من منظمة ضحايا التعذيب حول اعتقالات (Re: abdel abayazid)
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SOAT
Sudan Organisation Against Torture
SOAT Press Release: 20 May 2003
A Child convicted of adultery and Sentence to 100 lashes
In Niyala
On 17 May 2003, a 14-year girl from Al Wihida Neighbourhood (Unity) of Niyala in Darfour, Western Sudan, was convicted of adultery under article 146 of the Penal code and sentenced to 100 lashes of the whip. The child, who cannot be named due to her age and to protect her identity, was arrested by the Public Police force (alshorta alsha’abiya), an irregular police force set up by the ruling party to “guard the public decency and the morality of the nation”
A 25 years old businessman, Mr. Alsir Sabeel Nour Aldeen, who was charged in connection with this incident found not guilty for the lack of evidence against him and he was freed.
The reason given for the charges of adultery brought against the girl was that she is unmarried, but she is currently nine months pregnant. This information was obtained by the ‘Public Committee’ in the neighbourhood and then passed on to the Public Police, who arrested the girl from her home.
Charges were brought against her and she was tried in front of the criminal court in Niyala under article 146 of Sudan’s 1991 Penal Code, which is as follows:
“ Whoever commits the offence of adultery (zina) shall be punished with: -
a) Execution by stoning when the offender is married (muhsan)
b) One hundred lashes of the whip when the offender is not married (non-muhsan)”
Mossad Mohamed Ali, a lawyer, who represented the girl, appealed to the court not to carry out the sentence since she is pregnant. In previous cases, the sentences were passed and carried out on the same day giving the defendant no chance of appeal.
SOAT condemns this kind of punishment, and is gravely concerned that the government of Sudan is increasingly carrying out punishments of this nature against childern which constitiute gross violation of the Convention on the Rights of the Child (CRC) to which Sudan is state party. SOAT also gravely concern that the GOS is increasingly carrying out punshmnet of this nature against the people of Darfour, notably women. Punishments such as lashing, stoning and amputation constitute cruel, inhuman and degrading punishment according to the UN Convention Against Torture and the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights.
Background
Since the beginning of 2002, 19 other women have been convicted of adultery by the Special Court in Niyala, Darfour, and punished with lashes of the whip. Abok Alfa Akok was initially sentenced to execution by stoning by the Special Court on 8 December 2001, for the crime of adultery. However, after a successful appeal by a SOAT lawyer, Akok, who was 18 years old and pregnant at the time, was sentenced to 75 lashes by the Criminal Court in Niyala on 12 February 2002. On 4 June 2002 and 17 November 2002, 18 other women were also found guilty of adultery and sentenced to 100 lashes of the whip by the Special court in Niyala.
On both of these occasions, the sentence was passed and carried out on the same day, and no men were charged in connection with the adultery allegedly committed by these women.
SOAT urges the Government of Sudan to: -
I) Immediately cease the use of cruel, inhuman and degrading punishments
ii) Ensure that all trials are fair and are held before an impartial and competent tribunal
iii) Guarantee the procedural rights of defendants at all times
iv) Guarantee respect for human rights and fundamental freedoms throughout the country in accordance with national laws and international human rights standards, and conform to all recommendations made by the Human Rights Committee.
The above recommendations should be sent in appeals to the following addresses:
His Excellency Lieutenant General Omar Hassan al-Bashir President of the Republic of Sudan President' s Palace PO Box 281, Khartoum, Sudan Fax: + 24911 783223 Mr Ali Mohamed Osman Yassin Minister of Justice and Attorney General Ministry of Justice Khartoum, Sudan Fax: + 24911 788941 Mr Mustafa Osman Ismail Minister of Foreign Affairs Ministry of Foreign Affairs PO Box 873, Khartoum, Sudan Fax: + 24911 779383 Dr Yasir Sid Ahmed Advisory Council for Human Rights PO Box 302 Khartoum, Sudan Sudan Fax: + 24911 770883
His Excellency Ambassador Mr. Ibrahim Mirghani Ibrahim,
Permanent Mission of the Republic of Sudan to the United Nations in Geneva,
PO Box 335,
1211 Geneva,
Switzerland,
Fax: +4122 731 26 56,
E-mail: [email protected].
SOAT is international human rights organisation established in the UK in 1993. If you have any questions about this or any other SOAT information, please contact us:
SOAT
The Park Business Centre
Kilburn Park Road
London NW6 5LF
Tel: 020 7625 8055
Fax: 020 7372 2656
E-mail: [email protected]
Website: www.soatsudan.org
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بيان من منظمة ضحايا التعذيب حول اعتقالات | abdel abayazid | 03-12-03, 04:15 PM |
Re: بيان من منظمة ضحايا التعذيب حول اعتقالات | AnwarKing | 03-12-03, 09:35 PM |
Re: بيان من منظمة ضحايا التعذيب حول اعتقالات | abdel abayazid | 04-23-03, 01:16 PM |
Re: بيان من منظمة ضحايا التعذيب حول اعتقالات | BousH | 04-23-03, 01:28 PM |
Re: بيان من منظمة ضحايا التعذيب حول اعتقالات | BousH | 04-23-03, 02:00 PM |
Re: بيان من منظمة ضحايا التعذيب حول اعتقالات | abdel abayazid | 04-24-03, 04:18 PM |
Re: بيان من منظمة ضحايا التعذيب حول اعتقالات | abdel abayazid | 04-29-03, 03:04 PM |
Re: بيان من منظمة ضحايا التعذيب حول اعتقالات | elsharief | 04-30-03, 10:20 AM |
Re: بيان من منظمة ضحايا التعذيب حول اعتقالات | abdel abayazid | 04-30-03, 02:41 PM |
Re: بيان من منظمة ضحايا التعذيب حول اعتقالات | abdel abayazid | 04-30-03, 04:34 PM |
Re: بيان من منظمة ضحايا التعذيب حول اعتقالات | abdel abayazid | 05-07-03, 02:44 AM |
Re: بيان من منظمة ضحايا التعذيب حول اعتقالات | abdel abayazid | 05-08-03, 01:17 PM |
Re: بيان من منظمة ضحايا التعذيب حول اعتقالات | فتحي البحيري | 05-08-03, 06:04 PM |
Re: بيان من منظمة ضحايا التعذيب حول اعتقالات | elsharief | 05-15-03, 09:25 AM |
Re: بيان من منظمة ضحايا التعذيب حول اعتقالات | elsharief | 05-15-03, 09:36 AM |
Re: بيان من منظمة ضحايا التعذيب حول اعتقالات | elsharief | 05-22-03, 10:24 AM |
Re: بيان من منظمة ضحايا التعذيب حول اعتقالات | فتحي البحيري | 05-22-03, 10:48 AM |
Re: بيان من منظمة ضحايا التعذيب حول اعتقالات | abdel abayazid | 05-30-03, 10:57 PM |
Re: بيان من منظمة ضحايا التعذيب حول اعتقالات | abdel abayazid | 06-05-03, 10:02 PM |
Re: بيان من منظمة ضحايا التعذيب حول اعتقالات | elsharief | 06-07-03, 04:54 PM |
Re: بيان من منظمة ضحايا التعذيب حول اعتقالات | abdel abayazid | 06-09-03, 02:04 PM |
Re: بيان من منظمة ضحايا التعذيب حول اعتقالات | abdelrahim abayazid | 06-20-03, 02:31 AM |
Re: بيان من منظمة ضحايا التعذيب حول اعتقالات | Abdalla Gaafar | 06-09-03, 02:46 PM |
Re: بيان من منظمة ضحايا التعذيب حول اعتقالات | abdel abayazid | 06-09-03, 03:23 PM |
Re: بيان من منظمة ضحايا التعذيب حول اعتقالات | abdel abayazid | 06-12-03, 01:38 PM |
Re: بيان من منظمة ضحايا التعذيب حول اعتقالات | فتحي البحيري | 06-12-03, 02:24 PM |
Re: بيان من منظمة ضحايا التعذيب حول اعتقالات | abdelrahim abayazid | 06-20-03, 02:50 AM |
Re: بيان من منظمة ضحايا التعذيب حول اعتقالات | abdelrahim abayazid | 06-20-03, 10:30 AM |
Re: بيان من منظمة ضحايا التعذيب حول اعتقالات | فتحي البحيري | 06-20-03, 01:50 PM |
Re: بيان من منظمة ضحايا التعذيب حول اعتقالات | abdelrahim abayazid | 06-21-03, 00:06 AM |
Re: بيان من منظمة ضحايا التعذيب حول اعتقالات | abdelrahim abayazid | 06-23-03, 09:26 PM |
Re: بيان من منظمة ضحايا التعذيب حول اعتقالات | abdelrahim abayazid | 06-25-03, 01:45 PM |
Re: بيان من منظمة ضحايا التعذيب حول اعتقالات | abdelrahim abayazid | 06-25-03, 03:21 PM |
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