Sudan protest organisers urge ‘immediate' transfer of power to civilian government’ that could bring ousted leader Omar al-Bashir to justice

Sudan’s military rulers must “immediately” transfer power to a new civilian government which should then bring ousted leader Omar al-Bashir to justice, the group that spearheaded protests against him said Sunday.

“We are calling on the military council to immediately transfer power to a civilian government,” the Sudanese Professionals Association said.

In a statement, it called on the next “transitional government and the armed forces to bring Bashir and all the chiefs of the National Intelligence and Security Service … to justice”.

The SPA demanded that those who carried out the 1989 coup that brought Bashir to power after ousting a democratically elected government must be brought to justice.

“Those who committed crimes against humanity and genocide in Darfur, the Nuba mountains and Blue Nile must face justice,” it said.