Six Sudanese men have been executed for their part in a riot at a refugee camp in Khartoum in 2005.

六名苏丹男子因参与2005年喀土穆难民集中营的暴乱事件而被处以绞刑。

The riot took place just as the civil war was ending

The men were held responsible for killing¹ 13 policemen during the riots暴乱 in which five civilians² also died.

The violence flared³ when police tried to clear the Soba Aradi camp, which housed refugees from the two-decade long north-south civil war.

Rights group Amnesty大赦，特赦 condemned⁴ the executions, saying that the men may have been tortured into confessing.

'Blatant⁵ failure'

The latest executions once again put strain on使紧张 the fragile peace between northern and southern politicians.

Some of the men were reportedly from Darfur, and others were from the south.

The main southern political party, the SPLM苏丹人民解放运动, which is a partner in the national government, said five of them were its members.

"There was no evidence... that they were responsible," SPLM official Yasir Arman told Reuters news agency.

"This was a political issue and there were many irregularities in the court proceedings⁶."

Amnesty said there had been a "blatant炫耀的，喧嚣的 failure" to ensure that the men had a fair trial.

"These tragic⁷ deaths highlight the growing number of executions taking place in Sudan, many of which are being carried out after unfair trials," said the group's Tawanda Hondora.

According to the group, Sudan put to death 60 people last year.

The 22-year war between the mainly Muslim north and the Christian⁸ and animist万物有灵论者 south claimed the lives of some 1.5 million people.

As part of the 2005 peace deal, northern and southern politicians agreed to share power until a national election scheduled for April.