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Sudanese Praise Transitional Government for Death Sentences

Michael Atit

   KHARTOUM - Family members and friends of late Sudanese school teacher
   Ahmed al-Khair ululated and cheered Tuesday outside a courtroom in the
   city of Omdurman as 29 intelligence officers were sentenced to death
   for the torture and killing of al-Khair in the eastern Sudanese town of
   Khasum al-Girba.

   The 29 defendants had been found guilty of deadly abuse.

   The court found that al-Khair was beaten and tortured to death by
   officers at a detention center after he was arrested in late January.
   Al-Khair died on Feb. 2, 2019, after spending a week in detention.

   Hind Awadassaid of the Sudan Teachers Union called the sentencing a
   good beginning for citizens demanding justice.

   "It is satisfactory to some extent and it is a good point for now
   immunity for the people who are in charge. So, the people are now equal
   in front of the law," Awadassaid told South Sudan in Focus.

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