Law regarding anal sex
Anal sex is illegal in Sudan, whether the couple is same- or opposite-sex, according to Article 148 of the Criminal Act (Penal Code) of 1991. The original wording of the sodomy law was as follows (translated):[3]
Article 148: Sodomy:(1) Any man who inserts his penis or its equivalent into a woman's or a man's anus or permitted another man to insert his penis or its equivalent in his anus is said to have committed Sodomy.
(2) (a) Whoever commits Sodomy shall be punished with flogging one hundred lashes and he shall also be liable to five years imprisonment.
(b) If the offender is convicted for the second time he shall be punished with flogging one hundred lashes and imprisonment for a term which may not exceed five years.
(c) If the offender is convicted for the third time he shall be punished with death or life imprisonment.
On 9 July 2020, Sudan abolished the death penalty as a punishment for anal sex.[4][5] There are no documented cases of executions.[citation needed] The Sudanese Sovereign Council also eliminated the imposition of 100 lashes, and added two years to the sentence for a second offense. They changed the penalty for a third offense from death or life imprisonment to life imprisonment. A first offense is now punished with up to five years and a second offense with up to seven years.[4][6] Sudanese LGBT+ activists hailed the reform as a 'great first step', but said it was not enough yet, and the end goal should be the decriminalisation of gay sexual activity altogether.[7]
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