Sudan - Case SDN 090307.VAW
The International Secretariat
of the World Organisation Against Torture (OMCT) requests your URGENT
intervention in the following situation in
The International Secretariat of OMCT has been informed
by the Sudan Organisation Against Torture (SOAT), a member of the OMCT network,
of the recent sentencing to death by stoning of two women by the criminal court
of Al-Azazi, Managil province, Gazeera state.
According to the information
received, the court headed by Judge
Hatim Abdurrahman Mohamed Hasan sentenced to death by stoning Ms.
Amouna Abdallah Daldoum (23 years
old) and Ms. Sadia Idries Fadul (22
years old from Tama tribe, Darfur), on 6 March 2007 and 13 February 2007
respectively, for committing adultery. The two women were charged under article
146 (a) of
It has been reported that Ms. Sadia Idries Fadul does not
fully understand Arabic, the language used in Court, and that the man questioned
in her case was discharged after denying adultery and due to lack of
evidence.
Both women sentenced have appealed against the judgment.
OMCT
expresses its grave concern for the physical and
psychological integrity of the two women and recalls that
the Government of Sudan, as a party to the International Covenant on Civil and
Political Rights, must protect
the right of every individual to life, liberty and security by law and to adopt
all appropriate measures, including legislation, to modify and abolish existing
law regulations, customs and practices that constitute discrimination against
women and/or cruel, inhuman or degrading treatment or punishment.