Woman Jailed In Sudan For Kissing Man

A woman in Sudan who was charged with adultery has had her life spared and will instead be jailed to spend six months behind bars after she admitted to kissing a man.

The 20-year-old was initially sentenced to death by stoning, sparking an international outcry. She was arrested by police after her cousin killed her boyfriend.

The divorcee was sentenced to death after she was found guilty of adultery by a court in the city of Kosti, in Sudan’s White Nile State. Following international condemnation, the White Nile state court retried the case.

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Ultimately, the presiding judge changed the charge from “adultery” to an “obscene act” which meant she would instead serve prison time for her actions.

She confessed in court to being with a man and admitted that the pair had kissed. The woman had been free on bail but has now gone to prison to start her sentence.

Sudan still imposes the death penalty for some Hudud crimes – offences specified by Allah in the Quran, including theft and adultery.