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Ola Ibrahim, a feminist activist and member of Khartoum resistance committees, and Namaa Faisal AL Mahdi, a London-based Sudanese activist, spoke to Ruth Cashman A twenty year old woman has been sentenced to death by stoning on in Sudan. Maryam Alsyed Tiyrab, was arrested and tried in a Sharia court. Maryam - who had returned to her family home after separating from her husband - claims to have been interrogated by police and forced to give an illegal confession. She will appeal at the High Court. Ola Ibrahim reports from Khartoum:
Sudan's military government is on the fast track to end the country's democratic dialogue not only by attacking the UN's Sudan mission, but also by appeasing a long-standing ally: Russia.