July 16, 2020 (Khartoum) Sudan’s judiciary authorities announced that it will be launching the public trial of deposed president Omar al-Bashir and dozens of his regime’s leaders, accused of staging a
coup against the country’s democracy in 1989.
According to the Sudan’s judiciary authorities , the trial will begin next Tuesday in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum .
Since he was ousted in a nationwide revolution , Bashir and many of his aides have been kept in Khartoum’s Kober prison on multiple charges. Former officials. Ali Othman Taha, Ahmed Mohamed Haroun and Abdulreheem Mohamed Hussein have been held in Khartoum’s Kober prison since Bashir’s military ouster.
Bashir, who ruled the country with iron fist for 30 years and was deposed by a military coup on April 11, 2019, was convicted on charges of corruption and currency irregularities in December 2019. He was sentenced to two years in a ‘correctional facility’ designed for older prisoners.
Bashir has also been charged with incitement and involvement in the killing of demonstrators during the protests that led to his removal from power. In December he was questioned about his role in the 1989
coup that brought him to power.
The Attorney General Tajelsir El Hibir said earlier on Monday that the Investigation Committee into the violent break-up of the Khartoum sit-in on June 3, 2019, has so far questioned more than 1,000
witnesses. The Public Prosecution cannot interfere with or influence the committee’s work.
The Public Prosecution, which is charged with representing the public right, referred the case for the June 1989 coup to the judiciary after investigations that lasted for several months.