September 15, 2020 (Khartoum) Judge of the court trying the
masterminds of 1989 coup in Sudan, has announced the postponement of
the session for a week.
Nearly 40 leaders of the former regime of the Salvation Government,
face charges that carry the death penalty for violating Article 96 of
the Penal Code of 1983, undermining the constitutional order, and
Article 78 of the same law, which is participation in the criminal
act.
The judge said that the court addressed the judiciary with the defense
committee’s concerns to move the trial sessions to another room due to
the Coronavirus pandemic, adding that the trial would be moved to the
Friendship Hall in Khartoum.
The court rejected the defense committee’s requests regarding
suspending court procedures until the constitutional court is formed.
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 the then Brigadier General Omar al-Bashir,
a member of the National Islamic Front that split from the Muslim
Brotherhood in the Sudanese army was summoned. , In order 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, and the Council of State headed by Ahmed Mirghani