Two Sudanese courts have issued death sentences to 22 alleged membersof a Darfur rebel group that attacked the Sudanese capital, Khartoum,in May.
A court Thursday sentenced 10 alleged members of therebel Justice and Equality Movement (JEM) to death by hanging. Threeothers were transferred to a juvenile tribunal.
A second court condemned 12 men to death, also by hanging. The defendants have one week to make an appeal.
The two court rulings raise the number of people convicted and sentenced to death in connection with the May 10 attack to 30.
Another court gave death sentences to eight convicts on Tuesday.
Sudanset up four special courts to try dozens of suspects rounded up afterthe attack on Khartoum and its twin city Omdurman. More than 200people were killed in the rebel group's first ever attack on thecapital.
The JEM says the special courts are illegal.