SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Sudan Tribune - Sudanese lawyers sue Islamists involved in 1989's coup

10/5/19: Sudan Tribune - Sudanese lawyers sue Islamists involved in 1989’s coup

 Sudan Tribune reports that a group of Sudanese lawyers filed a complaint with the Attorney-General against the National Islamic Front (NIF) for organising a coup d’état against the democratic regime in 1989.

 The group is headed by well-known lawyer Ali Mahmoud Hassanein and includes Al-Sir al-Hiber, Kamal al-Gizouli and Mohamed al-Hafiz.

 According to the petition seen by Sudan Tribune, the case is opened against the NIF, which was later split into multiple political organizations, for orchestrating a military coup against the democratic regime, and carried out by military and civilian members of the NIF in June 1989, led by Brigadier General Omar Al Bashir.

The lawsuit mentions the name of several leaders of the Islamic organization including Ibrahim al-Sanousi, Ali al-Haj, Ghazi Salah al-Din, al-Tayeb Mustafa and others.