Sudan Appeal Court Clears Woman On Death Row

Atbara / Port Sudan / Khartoum — The appeal court in Atbara in River Nile state, acquitted Aya Mustafa, previously sentenced to death on June 9 for collaborating with the Rapid Support Forces under Article 51-A, on Monday. Defence lawyer Mohamed Hashim states that the conviction was based on an old video showing Mustafa in a paramilitary Rapid Support Forces (RSF) uniform, which at the time was not illegal.

Article 51-A of the Sudanese Criminal Act of 1991 criminalises ‘waging war against the…