This archive report was first published on 25 August 2020.
On August 25, 2020, Sudan's ousted ex-president Omar al-Bashir's trial over the 1989 military coup that brought him to power was set to resume, his lawyer told AFP.
The trial, which had been delayed on August 10, 2020, as the defence team sought bail for three defendants, will now continue with the defendants in prison informed that the trial will resume on Tuesday.
Bashir, 76, and his co-accused could face the death penalty if convicted over the Islamist-backed overthrow of the democratically elected government of prime minister Sadek al-Mahdi in 1989.
Historic Trial ¶
It is the first time in the Arab world's modern history that the architect of a coup is placed on trial for it, although the man dubbed the true brains behind the putsch, Hassan Turabi of the National Islamic Front, died in 2016.
Bashir stayed in power for 30 years before being overthrown on April 11, 2019, after several months of unprecedented, youth-led street demonstrations.
