7 JEM members sentenced to death

Special court hands out verdict in a case that killed many Sudanese police and army officialsA special court in El Fasher issued death sentences to seven Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) members, who were captured in Khor Biscuit area of South Darfur in May last year.They will be executed by hanging out with steel. All seven have also been handed several years of imprisonment.The convicted were accused by the Sudanese government of orchestrating an attack on a trade convoy in the region which led to the deaths of a number of military soldiers and Sudanese policemen.The JEM condemned the trial of its prisoners and described the court as a security court that was violating international conventions. The movement called on all international human rights organizations to immediately intervene and prevent the executions.The spokesperson of the movement Jibril Adam Bilal described the trial as illegal in an interview with Radio Dabanga. He said the National Congress Party’s (NCP’s) reaction is due to fears of blows it is expecting from Sudanese Revolutionary Front (SRF) as well as the people of Sudan who are preparing to go to the streets to confront the system.