Sudan: Justice? The military trial of Father Hillary Boma and 25 others

Index Number: AFR 54/007/1998
Date Published: 18 December 1998
Categories: Africa, Sudan

Twenty six men, including two Catholic priests, are currently on trial before a militray court accused of involvement in a bombing campaign in Khartoum in June 1998. Amnesty International believes the trial to be unfair and based on confessions extracted under torture.