Omar Al Bashir, the former dictator of Sudan, is set to face trial for the military coup d’état that brought him into power in 1989 on Tuesday.
Al Bashir is currently serving time in the Sudanese prison for the acts of corruption and murders that he partook in while he was the president of Sudan from 1989 to 2019.
It is possible that Bashir could face a death penalty for heading the coup that took out Sadek al-Mahdi, the elected prime minister in 1989.
Al Bashir’s trial would hold in Khartoum, Sudan’s capital, along with 16 of his alleged accomplices, which includes 10 military and six civilians. Bakri Hassan Saleh and Ali Osman Taha, Al Bashir’s Vice Presidents, some ministers, and governors are listed among his accomplices.
According to Al Bashir’s prosecutors, Al Bashir and his accomplice are being charged with crimes using Chapter 96 of the 1983 Penal Code, attempting to destroy the Sudanese constitutional order, which is a death penalty charge.
Al Bashir is also wanted by the international court for crimes against humanity, rape, murder, among many other atrocities.
