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KHARTOUM. — The South Sudanese government has appealed for intervention of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir to pardon death sentences of 22 South Sudanese nationals accused of fighting alongside rebels in Darfur region, Sudan tribune reported on Saturday.
Last Wednesday a Sudanese court sentenced 22 South Sudanese nationals to death for fighting alongside former Sudanese rebel Justice and Equality Movement of Bakhit Dabajo (JEM-Dabajo) which signed a peace deal with the Sudanese government in April 2013 and got a presidential pardon.
Khartoum, however, refused to pardon the movement’s South Sudanese fighters as they are not Sudanese.
“We are in contacts with their families and the Sudanese authorities. I have spoken and held talks on behalf of our government and particularly His Excellency, Salva Kiir Mayardit, President of the Republic of South Sudan, who has been following this matter keenly,” Mayan Dut, South Sudanese Ambassador to Sudan, was quoted as saying. — Xinhua.
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