Trial opens of 4 accused of killing Sudan policeman
Khartoum, Sudan – (AFP): The trial of four people accused of fatally stabbing a senior police officer during anti-coup protests in Sudan opened in the capital Khartoum on Sunday.
The judge ordered an investigation into allegations the four had been tortured in custody and adjourned the court until June 12.
General Ali Bareema was killed in January, according to authorities, one of two police fatalities during months of ongoing protests that erupted in the wake of an October 25 coup led by army chief General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan.
Four protesters – Mohammed “Tupac” Adam, Mohamed al-Fattah, Mossaab al-Sherif and Ahmed al-Nanna – were arrested and charged in January over Bareema’s death, and have remained in custody since.
The October coup derailed a fragile transition to civilian rule set in motion by a power-sharing deal between the army and protest leaders after the ouster of longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir in 2019.
Since Burhan’s power-grab, hundreds of activists have been detained and at least 98 people killed in a crackdown, according to pro-democracy medics.
On Sunday, senior military officials met with Burhan, recommending the state of emergency be lifted and people detained under an emergency law be freed, the ruling sovereign council said in a statement.
Military officials also recommended allowing the live TV unit of the Qatar-based network Al Jazeera to resume operations in Sudan, after authorities banned it in January for “unprofessional” coverage of protests.
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