SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Radio Dabanga - Sudan’s Attorney General to lift immunity of former NISS members

24/10/19: Radio Dabanga - Sudan’s Attorney General to lift immunity of former NISS members

Radio Dabanga reports that Sudan’s Attorney General Tajelsir El-Hibir has taken measures to lift the immunity of members of Sudan’s now defunct National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS), allowing them to face charges from the Public Prosecution.

 Following a meeting with Abubakir Dambalab, Director General of the reformed security apparatus – now called General Intelligence Service (GIS) - El Hibir announced the formation of several committees to investigate the cases of victims of al-Bashir’s regime.

 GIS, in cooperation with the Public Prosecutor of Khartoum North, has banned a number of leaders of the deposed al-Bashir regime from traveling outside the country, and has requested that the Interior Ministry also ban members of the National Islamic Front who were behind the 1989 military coup.

 The Darfur Bar Association has called on people affected by violations of the former regime to lodge criminal complaints and open restricted reports.