SUDAN NEWS ALERT: AFP – US bans former Sudan security chief Ghosh over ‘torture’

14/8/19: AFP – US bans former Sudan security chief Ghosh over ‘torture’

 AFP reports that the US has accused Salah Ghosh, the former head of Sudan's feared security service, of torture and barred him, his wife and daughter from entering the US.

 In a statement, US Secretary of State Mike Pompeo said that the US State Department made the decision amid “credible information that Salah Ghosh was involved in torture during his tenure as head of [Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Service].”

 Pompeo added that the US joins the Sudanese people in their call for a transitional government that is truly civilian-led and differs fundamentally from the Bashir regime, particularly on the protection of human rights.”