{{The Sudanese foreign ministry on Thursday summoned the Canadian charge d\u2019affaires in Khartoum Dominique Rossetti to protest a statement by Ottawa which condemned the ruling against a man convicted of a 2006 highway robbery.}}<\/p>\n
Last month the 30-year old Adam al-Muthna was subjected to amputation of his right hand and left foot by doctors at al-Ribat hospital after the constitutional court affirmed the sentence imposed by judges in lower courts.<\/p>\n
The Canadian foreign minister John Baird issued a statement this month calling the sentence ” a barbaric expression of Shar\u2019ia law, as cruel and inhumane punishments that are completely at odds with international norms”.<\/p>\n
\u201cSudan, a country with a terrible human rights record, has sunk to new depths of cruelty, having carried out amputations on a man convicted of a criminal offence” he said.<\/p>\n
According to Sudan news agency (SUNA) the foreign ministry told Rossetti that this statement is a blatant and unacceptable interference in the country\u2019s internal affairs and its judicial rulings.<\/p>\n
The Sudanese Penal Code provides cross amputation as a penalty for armed robbery when it results in grievous injury or involves theft of property with a value exceeding SDG 1,500 or about $340.<\/p>\n
However there have been very few cases in Sudan\u2019s history when this form of punishment was actually implemented.<\/p>\n
France and several human right groups lambasted the court order and called for reforming Sudanese laws.<\/p>\n
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