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| Sudan hangs six over refugee riot | Sudan hangs six over refugee riot |
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| Six Sudanese men have been executed for their part in a riot at a refugee camp in Khartoum in 2005. | Six Sudanese men have been executed for their part in a riot at a refugee camp in Khartoum in 2005. |
| The men were held responsible for killing 13 policemen during the riots in which five civilians also died. | The men were held responsible for killing 13 policemen during the riots in which five civilians also died. |
| The violence flared when police tried to clear the Soba Aradi camp, which housed refugees from the two-decade long north-south civil war. | The violence flared when police tried to clear the Soba Aradi camp, which housed refugees from the two-decade long north-south civil war. |
| Rights group Amnesty condemned the executions, saying that the men may have been tortured into confessing. | Rights group Amnesty condemned the executions, saying that the men may have been tortured into confessing. |
| "Six men have lost their lives due to the courts' blatant failure to ensure their right to a fair trial," said Amnesty International's Tawanda Hondora. | |
| "These tragic deaths highlight the growing number of executions taking place in Sudan, many of which are being carried out after unfair trials." | |
| According to the group, Sudan put to death 60 people last year. | |
| The latest executions once again put strain on the fragile peace between northern and southern politicians. | |
| Although it is not clear where the men were from, the main southern political party, the SPLM, said five of them were its members. | |
| "There was no evidence... that they were responsible," SPLM official Yasir Arman told Reuters news agency. | |
| "This was a political issue and there were many irregularities in the court proceedings." | |
| The 22-year war between the mainly Muslim north and the Christian and animist south claimed the lives of some 1.5 million people. | |
| As part of the 2005 peace deal, northern and southern politicians agreed to share power until a national election scheduled for April. |