Sudan court declines request to release 1989 coup suspects
Sudan's ex-president Omar al-Bashir appears in court in the capital Khartoum. A special tribunal declined a request to release him together with other suspects of the 1989 coup. PHOTO | AFP
A Sudan court on Tuesday declined to release key suspects involved in the 1989 coup that brought to power president Omar al-Bashir, who was ousted in April 2019.
The court, a special tribunal chaired by Supreme Court judge Hussain al-Jack, sat through a session on Tuesday, hearing demands by the defence team to have the group accused of the June 1989 coup freed. The judge set November 30 this year as the date when the hearings will continue.
