SUDAN AND NIGERIA

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http://www.santegidio.org/it/pdm/news/index.htm

SUDAN
AI Index: AFR 54/027/2003 29 April 2003

Sudan: 24 Sentenced to death after unfair trial

Amnesty International is gravely concerned at the death sentences passed on 24 people, including a 15-year-old minor, in a Special Court in Nyala, South Darfur.The court found the group guilty on 26 April of murdering 25 villagers, wounding 18 others, and burning homes and other buildings during a raid on the village of Singita south of Kas in Darfur,

"The procedures in Special Courts set up under the State of Emergency are grossly unfair, The accused were tried without proper legal representation. They were held without access to family members and lawyers since their arrest in January," Amnesty International said.

Amnesty International opposes the death penalty unconditionally. It is a violation of the right to life and has never been proved to have any deterrent effect.

The court also sentenced one member of the group to three years in jail for arms possession, while another minor was given three years in a reformatory. Twelve defendants were acquitted. The sentence can be appealed.

"The state has a duty to punish those who commit such crimes but they must be given a fair trial and not be sentenced to death. The government of Sudan must ensure that those sentenced are given a fair hearing during the appeal process," Amnesty International said.

MANDATE UN APPELLO IN ITALIANO

CHIEDETE LA FINE DELLA PENA DI MORTE E IL RISPETTO DEI DIRITTI UMANI

WRITE IN YOUR OWN LANGUAGE ASKING FOR THE END OF DEATH PENALTY AND FOR THE RESPECT OF HUMAN RIGHTS

AMBASCIATA DEL SUDAN
Via Spallanzani 24
00161 Roma
Tel. 06/4404377
e-mail: info@ambasciata-del-sudan.it

Mr Ali Mohamed Osman Yassin
Ministry of Justice
Khartoum, SUDAN
Fax: 011 249 11 799031

Major General Abdul-Rahim Muhammed Hussein
Ministry of Interior
PO Box 281
Khartoum, SUDAN
Fax : 011 249 11 773046

Mr Mustafa Osman Ismail
Ministry of Foreign Affairs
PO Box 873
Khartoum, SUDAN
Fax: 011 249 11 779383

Dr Yasir Sid Ahmed
Advisory Council for Human Rights
PO Box 302
Khartoum, SUDAN
Fax: 011 249 11 779173 / 770883

NIGERIA

URGENT APPEAL BROUGHT IN BY THE COMMUNITY OF SANT’EGIDIO TO SAVE THE LIVES OF FATIMA USMAN AND AHMADU IBRAHIM, SENTENCED TO DEATH BY STONING

Your Excellencies

We are writing to express our deep concern over a ruling issued by the Islamic court of New Gawu that sentenced to death by stoning Ms. Fatima Usman and Mr. Ahmadu Ibrahim under the charge of pre-marital sex.

We urge you to intervene on their behalf to prevent this cruel and inhuman punishment from being meted out against them.

We implore you to ensure that this cruel and inhuman sentence is not carried out.

Respectfully Yours

(Scriviamo la nostra profonda preoccupazione in merito alla sentenza emessa dal tribunale islamico di New Gawu che ha condannato alla lapidazione i sigg. Fatima Usman e Ahmadu Ibrahim per unione extra-coniugale.

Vi esortiamo ad intervenire affinché sia evitata tale crudele e disumana punizione.

Vi imploriamo affinché tale crudele e disumana sentenza non venga eseguita.)

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I: AFRICA

SUDAN AND NIGERIA

WRITE IN YOUR OWN LANGUAGE ASKING FOR THE END OF DEATH PENALTY AND FOR THE RESPECT OF HUMAN RIGHTS

His Excellency, Professor Jibril M. Aminu