Tue 21 July 2020:
Al-Bashir and more than 20 former officials are on trial for 1989 military coup
KHARTOUM (AA) – Ousted Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir appeared in court on Tuesday in connection with the 1989 military coup that brought him to power.
More than 20 former officials are standing trial alongside al-Bashir.
Tuesday’s trial session was procedural as the defendants appeared in cages amid tight security conditions.
In May of last year, the Sudanese prosecution opened an investigation into charges against al-Bashir of undermining the country’s constitutional order over the coup.
On June 30, 1989, al-Bashir staged a military coup against the government of Prime Minister Al-Sadiq Al-Mahdi and ruled the country under what he named the “national salvation revolution”.
Al-Bashir, who ruled Sudan for three decades, was removed from power by the military last year following mass protests against his regime.
By Bahram Abdel-Moneim / -Anadolu agency
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