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Rights groups slam death-by-stoning sentence for Sudanese woman

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Robyn Dixon – Los Angeles Times – Wednesday,  04 June 2012 (originally published 01 Jun) JOHANNESBURG, South Africa — Human rights groups have called for Sudan to abolish death by stoning as prescribed legal punishment after a young woman convicted of adultery was ordered executed by a Sudanese court. The woman, Intisar Sharif Abdallah, who [...]

What North and South Sudan need now: more women at the negotiating table

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Jacqueline O’Neill – The Christian Science Monitor – Thursday, 21 July, 2011 (originally published 18 July) Sudan may have split into two new countries, but the violent disagreements continue. New talks must include more women. Their exclusion from these negotiations is a cause of instability, not its cure Washington A little over a week ago, [...]

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