Misogyny: Two Sudanese women have been sentenced to death by stoning. One woman’s husband abandoned her after she gave birth to their first baby – 7 years ago. Now he’s back and accusing her of adultery. Women in Sudan have been subjected to systematic sexual violence for years. Now these women have one more thing to fear – imperfect men without a sense of dignity and the country’s own legal system. With these rulings, the legal elite in Sudan has made misogyny a law.
KHARTOUM FEBRYARY 23: Two Sudanese women have been sentenced to death by stoning in separate cases in Sudan, raising serious concerns about Sudan’s compliance with its international human rights obligations, particularly following its ratification of the United Nations Convention against Torture and Other Cruel, Inhuman or Degrading Treatment or Punishment (UNCAT).
One woman is a mother of 9. Her husband says one isn’t his. The other woman’s husband abandoned her after she gave birth to their first baby – 7 years ago. Now he’s back and accusing her of adultery. For these ‘crimes’, courts sentenced them to a cruel and painful death by stoning – after a sham trial where the women didn’t even have lawyers.
On December 16, 2025, the Alhaj Yousef Criminal Court in East Nile, Khartoum State, sentenced a 32-year-old mother of nine to death by stoning following her conviction under Article 146 of the Sudanese Penal Code 1991 for adultery. The case was initiated by her husband.
In a separate case, Ms. Fatima (a pseudonym), the mother of an eight-year-old girl, was sentenced to stoning by the Alrouirs Court in the Blue Nile Region following a conviction for adultery. The case was initiated by her shameless husband, who had abandoned her in 2019 after she gave birth.
With these rulings, the legal elite in Sudan has made misogyny a law. This is deeply shameful.
These cases highlight persistent shortcomings in Sudan’s justice system, including summary trials, coerced confessions, and the absence of due process; practices that may amount to cruel, inhuman, or degrading treatment.
Women in Sudan have been subjected to systematic sexual violence for years. Now Sudanese women are once again being subjected to male violence – this time by worthless men and the country’s own legal system. The courts have sunk to the same level as the terrorist organization Rapid Support Forces.
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