KHARTOUM: A Sudanese court has convicted and sentences to death 12 more suspected Darfur rebels for an attack last year on Khartoum.
Tuesday's sentences bring to 102 the number of people given the death penalty in the May 2008 attack.
The verdicts followed speedy trials that began last summer after hundreds of Darfurians were detained.
The attack on Khartoum by the rebel Justice and Equality Movement left about 200 people dead and rattled the government, stunned by the rebels' swift offensive that reached Khartoum outskirts.
The government and the rebels have since started peace talks, although those bogged down over JEM demands for the release of the detainees.
The six-year Darfur conflict has killed up to 300,000 people and uprooted 2.5 million.
Tuesday's sentences bring to 102 the number of people given the death penalty in the May 2008 attack.
The verdicts followed speedy trials that began last summer after hundreds of Darfurians were detained.
The attack on Khartoum by the rebel Justice and Equality Movement left about 200 people dead and rattled the government, stunned by the rebels' swift offensive that reached Khartoum outskirts.
The government and the rebels have since started peace talks, although those bogged down over JEM demands for the release of the detainees.
The six-year Darfur conflict has killed up to 300,000 people and uprooted 2.5 million.
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