Sudan’s Bashir appears at trial over 1989 coup

Sudan’s Bashir appears at trial over 1989 coup

by Joseph Anthony
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Sudan’s former president Omar Hassan al-Bashir sits inside a cage at the courthouse where he is facing corruption charges, in Khartoum, Sudan September 28, 2019. REUTERS/Mohamed Nureldin Abdallah/File Photo

Ousted Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir appeared in court on Tuesday at the start of a trial over the military coup in which he took power in 1989.

Giving his profession as โ€œformer president of the republicโ€, Bashir seemed in good physical condition as he appeared in a metal courtroom cage wearing white prison-issue clothes and a medical face mask that he lowered to identify himself.
In footage carried by Sudanese state TV he said he was resident in Khartoumโ€™s Kober prison, 76 years old, and had two wives.
Some of Bashirโ€™s former associates appeared alongside him at the trial, which had been postponed because of overcrowding at the scheduled opening last month.
Military officers ousted Bashir in April 2019 after months of street protests, leading to a power-sharing agreement between the military and civilian groups.
Tuesdayโ€™s court hearing came a day after Sudanโ€™s transitional leadership signed a peace deal with some of the rebel groups that had battled Bashirโ€™s military and allied militias in Darfur.
Bashir is separately facing prosecution over his alleged role in the repression of protests against his rule, and in December was sentenced at another trial to two years in prison on corruption charges.
He is also wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of alleged genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur.
REUTERS

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