The former chief of Sudan’s powerful intelligence service, who faced a possible death sentence for his alleged role in a coup plot, was freed under an amnesty on 10 July, his lawyer said. Salah Gosh “was released because of the amnesty given by President Bashir to all those who participated in the coup,” Nabeel Adeeb said. Gosh was the most high-profile figure detained last November in connection with the alleged coup plot against the 24-year regime of Omar Al-Bashir. He is also one of the last to obtain amnesty, after soldiers and intelligence officers were earlier pardoned. In April Bashir pardoned about 15 security agents and military men who had been jailed for their roles in the coup plot.
SUDAN’S FORMER SPY CHIEF FACING COUP CHARGE FREED
The former chief of Sudan’s powerful intelligence service, who faced a possible death sentence for his alleged role in a coup plot, was freed under an amnesty on 10 July, his lawyer said. Salah Gosh “was released because of the amnesty given by President Bashir to all those who participated in the coup,” Nabeel Adeeb…
