06 September 2006
Mohamed Taha
Beheading
The beheaded body of Sudanese newspaper editor, Mohamed Taha, has been found on the outskirts of the capital, Khartoum.
Mohammed Taha ran the al-Wifaq paper and was taken from his home on Tuesday night by an unknown group of armed men. Last year, he was put on trial for blasphemy after his pro-government paper reprinted an article questioning the parentage of the prophet Muhammad. The charges were later dropped but if convicted of blasphemy under Sharia law, he could have been put to death. In May last year, thousands of people demonstrated outside a courtroom in central Khartoum calling for Mr Taha to be put to death. After several emotionally charged days the case was adjourned and later quietly dropped.
