SUDAN’S ALBASHIR TRIAL ADJOURNED TO SEPTEMBER 22

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On Tuesday,15 September the Supreme Criminal Court in Sudan issued a decision to postpone the trial session of ousted President Omar Al-Bashir and a number of his aides in the case of the June 1989 coup to September 22.
Court Judge Essam El-Din Ibrahim explained that the vicinity of the court, which is witnessing the trial of former Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir in the 1989 coup case, is witnessing intense stresses. The defense committee of former President Omar al-Bashir and a number of his aides with him in the 1989 coup case reached 200 lawyers .
And a member of the defense committee, Mohamed Al-Hassan Al-Amin, stated that they demanded in Tuesday’s procedural session the necessity to drop the accusation against the accused because it had been ten years ago.
The court held a procedural session to receive responses from the accusation on the note in which the accusation was submitted Where the defense submitted two notes and the response to Article 38, which is statue of limitation Because the Criminal Procedures Law of 1991 stipulates that a crime was committed and that more than ten years considered being dropped It does not become a crime and it is subject to statue of limitation “” said Alamin
Alamin has revealed that the defense team also forwarded an appeal related to the court and the method of its formation, and that this is contrary to the constitutional document, as well as one of its members has proven to be practicing politics.
The judge of the court had postponed the trial on Tuesday, to make a decision about the readiness of the courtroom for health measures to combat the Corona virus, and stated that the punishment may reach the death penalty or life sentence, if the former Sudanese president is convicted.