September 2, 2020 (Khartoum) The judge of the court of 1989 coup plotters , has rejected the defense committee’s demands to find an alternative hall, and to suspend court procedures until the
Constitutional Court is formed, to allow it to challenge the constitutionality of some laws.
However, over 40 leaders of the former regime, of the Salvation Government, are facing charges that carry the death penalty for violating Article 96 of the 1983 Penal Code, for undermining the
constitutional order, and Article 78 of the same law, which is participation in the criminal act.
The most prominent of the defendants in the case are Al-Bashir, Ali Othman Muhammad Taha, Abdel-Rahim Muhammad Hussein, Ali Al-Hajj, Awad Ahmed Al-Jaz, and Ibrahim Al-Senussi.
The late leader of the National Islamic Front in Sudan, Hassan al-Turabi, led a military coup 31 years ago, known as the National Salvation Revolution, and summoned the then Brigadier General Omar
al-Bashir, a member of the National Islamic Front that split from the Muslim Brotherhood in the Sudanese army, to take over the duties of the president by virtue of being the highest rank in the army at the
time.
The coup overthrew the elected government, whose cabinet was headed by
Sadiq Al Mahdi.