Omar al-Bashir could face death penalty if convicted of orchestrating coup that put him in power for 30 years
Omar al-Bashir, the authoritarian former ruler of Sudan ousted amid a popular pro-democracy uprising last year, has gone on trial in Khartoum on charges of orchestrating the military coup that brought him to power more than three decades ago.
The trial of Bashir, who has been held in detention since being convicted of money laundering and corruption in December, comes amid massive change in the vast country of more than 40 million people.
Continue reading…Omar al-Bashir could face death penalty if convicted of orchestrating coup that put him in power for 30 yearsOmar al-Bashir, the authoritarian former ruler of Sudan ousted amid a popular pro-democracy uprising last year, has gone on trial in Khartoum on charges of orchestrating the military coup that brought him to power more than three decades ago.The trial of Bashir, who has been held in detention since being convicted of money laundering and corruption in December, comes amid massive change in the vast country of more than 40 million people. Continue reading…