Two Sudan men die after floggings

                                            
Two Sudanese men met their death after they were detained and flogged 40 times each, a rights group said on Friday.

Hussein Hadab, 45, and Khamis Koko, 60, were convicted separately on 3 and 4 August after being detained for drinking alcohol and causing a public nuisance, the African Centre for Justice and Peace Studies (ACJPS) said in a statement.
Each was sentenced in the coastal city of Port Sudan to 40 lashes, penalties that were immediately carried out.

Recently, a Sudanese court convicted a pregnant Christian woman, Meriam Yahia Ibrahim Ishag, of apostasy from Islam and sentenced her to hang, according to Islamic shari'ah law.
An appeal court later overturned the ruling after her case drew worldwide attention. She later left Sudan for the United States.