Darfur Death Sentences

Voice of America has a story about Amnesty International's protest of death sentences handed down to 82 Darfuri men by a Sudanese special court.

Amnesty International is protesting the death sentences handed down to 82 Darfuri men by a Sudanese special court. The men were allegedly involved in a May 2008 attack on the capital, Khartoum, by an armed opposition group based in Darfur, the Justice and Equality Movement.

Amnesty says the trial and sentencing of the accused men is a breach of international law. It's asking the government to overturn the death sentences. Erwin Zanderborght is director of Africa Programs at Amnesty International. VOA's Chinedu Offor asked him how the organization hopes to pressure the Sudanese government to change its mind.