COURT SENTENCES 2 SUDAN REBEL LEADERS TO DEATH Two leaders from - TopicsExpress



          

COURT SENTENCES 2 SUDAN REBEL LEADERS TO DEATH Two leaders from the main rebel alliance opposing Sudan’s president and 15 members of their group were sentenced to death in absentia on Thursday, their lawyer said, a move that will raise the stakes in fighting in southern regions. Malik Agar, who was governor of Sudan’s remote southern Blue Nile state before taking up arms, and Yasir Arman, who stood against Sudan President Omar Hassan al-Bashir in 2010 elections, were both condemned, lawyer Altujani Hassan told Reuters. FULL STORY IN TODAYS POST ON PAGE 15. Four political prisoners, who are also former members of the ruling SPLM party, attend their court trial in Juba on Tuesday. The prisoners are (L-r) former national security minister Oyai Deng Ajak, former secretary general of the SPLM party Pagan Amum, former deputy finance minister Majak D’Agoot and ex-ambassador to the US Ezekiel Gatkuoth - Reuters
Posted on: Sat, 15 Mar 2014 07:03:21 +0000

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