2014 in Sudan

2014
in
Sudan

Decades:
  • 1990s
  • 2000s
  • 2010s
See also: Other events of 2014
History of Sudan

The following lists events that happened during 2014 in Sudan.

Incumbents

Events

February

  • February 19 - Sudan puts a married Ethiopian woman to trial after being gang-raped because she waited before she reported it. She faces the death penalty for adultery.[1]

May

  • May 15 - An eight-month pregnant Christian woman, Meriam Yehya Ibrahim, is sentenced to death by hanging for apostasy in Sudan in a case that has drawn widespread international condemnation.[2]

November

  • November 27 - At least 133 people were killed and 100 wounded, in the aftermath of clashes between Awlad Omran and Al-Ziyoud groups of the Mesiria tribe. The clashes occurred in the Kwak area of the West Kurdufan state.[3]

References

  1. "Pregnant woman who says she was gang-raped in Sudan now faces death penalty after being accused of adultery because she waited to report the crime". 19 February 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  2. "Pregnant Christian Woman in Sudan Sentenced to Death for Apostasy". 15 May 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
  3. "At least 133 killed in tribal clashes in Sudan – tribe leader". 27 November 2014. Archived from the original on 4 December 2014. Retrieved 19 January 2015.
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