H.E. President Omar Hassan Ahmad al-Bashir Office of the President People's Palace PO Box 281 Khartoum, Sudan
Your Excellency,
I call on the Sudanese authorities to ensure that none of the remaining men convicted by counter-terror courts for their involvement in the May 2008 attack on Khartoum by the Justice and Equality Movement are executed.
I wish to express my concern that their convictions resulted from unfair trials, and in many cases were based on confessions extracted under torture.
I urge the Sudanese authorities to ensure that the remaining detainees are given a fair retrial in accordance with international standards and without recourse to the death penalty.
I also urge the authorities to investigate the allegations that these men were tortured, and ensure that those responsible are prosecuted in fair trials without recourse to the death penalty.
Yours sincerely,