Two Sudanese women have been convicted of adultery and sentenced to death by stoning.  Neither woman had a lawyer; neither could even defend herself because the trials were conducted in Arabic and no interpreters were provided.  The two women speak the languages of their respective ethnic groups in Darfur.

Amnesty International is following the cases.

22-year-old Sadia Idriss Fadul from the Fur ethnic group was sentenced to death by stoning on 13 February, and Amouna Abdallah Daldoum who is 23 years old and a member of the Tama ethnic group, was sentenced on 6 March.
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Amnesty International UK's Campaigns Director, Tim Hancock said:

'Sadia and Amouna were subjected to most unfair trial proceedings where they were given no appropriate defence and as a result could face a tragic and cruel death.

'Such a penalty totally contravenes Sudan's obligations under the International Covenant on Civil and Political Rights and is unacceptable.'

The charge against the man in Ms Fadul’s case was dropped because of insufficient evidence.

The harsh penalty is mandated by shari’a law, which is supposedly in force in northern Sudan.    A Sudanese blogger scoffs at this, however, saying that only one requirement of Islamic law is enforced—and that inconsistently.

[D]espite claiming to follow Islamic Shari'a laws, there's no visible application of Islamic laws in this country with the exception of the ban on alcohol in Northern Sudan, which isn't even a strict ban because you can still get a hold of it if you want to.

h/t: Global Voices Online

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