“This sentence, based on the unique testimony of a threatened woman and delivered after an obviously unfair trial, is inconsistent with Sudan’s regional and international human rights obligations” declared the undersigned organizations. “The overturn of this sentence and the immediate release of Intisar Sharif are the only conceivable options for Sudan” they added.
A legal team set up with the help of women’s rights organizations recently filed an appeal at Ombada’s Court of Appeals. Meanwhile, Intisar Sharif is being maintained at the Omdurman Women’s Prison of Khartoum with her four-month old baby. For our organizations, “the case of Intisar Sharif, whose co-accused has not been convicted, is symptomatic not only of the failures of the administration of justice in Sudan but also of the persisting and serious discrimination against women in this country”.
According to our organizations, “this sentence, pronounced in illegal conditions, raises the urgency of the establishment of a moratorium on executions in Sudan”. The Campaign “calls on the authorities not to proceed to the execution of Intisar Sharif and to adopt such a moratorium as a first step towards de jure abolition”.
Signatory organizations:
African Center for Democracy and Human Rights Studies (ACDHRS) – Gambia African Center for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) – Sudan Al Khatim Adlan center for human development and Enlightenment (KACE) Association africaine de défense des droits de l’Homme (ASADHO) – Democratic Republic of Congo Association Capverdienne des Femmes Juristes (AMJ) – Cape Verde Associação Justiça, Paz e Democracia (AJPD) – Angola Association of Female Lawyers of Liberia – Liberia Association malienne des droits de l’Homme (AMDH) - Mali Association mauritanienne des droits de l’Homme (AMDH) - Mauritania Cause Rurale - Democratic Republic of Congo Centre des Femmes pour la Paix (CFP) - Burundi Civil Liberties Organization (CLO) – Nigeria Darfur Relief and Documentation Centre DITSHWANELO - The Botswana Centre for Human Rights – Botswana Dushirehamwe Network - Burundi Female Lawyers Association of the Gambia - Gambia Femmes debout pour défendre ses droits (FDPDD) Foundation for Human Rights Initiative (FHRI) – Uganda Groupe Lotus (GL) – Democratic Republic of Congo International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) Lawyers for Human Rights (LHR) – South Africa Legal and Human Rights Center (LHRC) – Tanzania Ligue des électeurs (LE) – Democratic Republic of Congo Ligue ITEKA – Burundi Ligue sénégalaise des droits humains (LSDH) - Senegal Ligue tchadienne des droits de l’Homme (LTDH) - Chad Ligue togolaise des droits de l’Homme (LTDH) – Togo Mouvement burkinabé des droits de l’Homme et des peuples (MBDHP) – Burkina Faso Mouvement pour la Défense des Droits de l’Homme ADALCI Niamey - Niger . No to Women Oppression Coalition Observatoire congolais des droits de l’Homme (OCDH) – Republic of Congo Organisation guinéenne des droits de l’Homme et du citoyen (OGDH) - Guinea Conakry Organisation nationale des droits de l’Homme (ONDH) - Senegal Rencontre africaine pour la défense des droits de l’Homme (RADDHO) – Senegal Strategic initiative for women in the Horn of Africa (SIHA) The REDEMEC - Network of Women Economist - Cape Verde The Women’s Peace Center - Burundi Union interafricaine des droits de l’Homme (UIDH) Women In Law and Development in Africa – Afrique de l’Ouest (WILDAF West Africa) Women In Law and Development in Africa - Togo (WILDAF Togo) Women’s Learning Partnership for Rights Development and Peace Zimbabwe Human Rights Association (ZIMRIGHTS) – Zimbabwe
