Court adjourns trial of Sudan’s Bashir for one week

The Criminal Court for Khartoum has adjourned for one week the trial of ousted Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir and 27 of his aides for their involvement in the coup that brought him to power in 1989, the official news agency reported.

SUNA said one of the defendants and a senior figure in Al-Bashir’s regime, Nafie Ali Nafie, asked the court to adjourn the session due to the absence of his lawyer, noting that the court accepted his request. The next session will now be held on Tuesday.

On 21 July 2020, Al-Bashir and more than 20 former officials  went on trial in the capital, Khartoum, in connection with the military coup that brought him to power more than three decades ago.

The 76-year-old, who has already been convicted of corruption, could face the death penalty if found guilty of the coup that toppled the elected government of the late Prime Minister Sadiq Al-Mahdi.

Al-Bashir was forced from power in 2019 following popular protests.

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