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Agence France-Presse

A Sudanese court on Monday sentenced 27 intelligence agents to death for torturing and killing a protester early this year.
It is the first time members of the security forces have been condemned to death in relation to the killing of protesters whose movement toppled veteran autocrat Omar al-Bashir.
The defendants were found guilty of torturing to death Ahmed al-Kheir Awadh at an intelligence services facility and sentenced to be hanged, judge Sadok Abdelrahman said.
The teacher was beaten and tortured to death after he was arrested in late January by intelligence operatives in Kassala state in eastern Sudan, the judge said.

Dozens of protesters from the capital’s teachers’ association gathered in front of the court in Khartoum’s twin city of Omdurman, carrying pictures of Awadh.
Defence lawyers have two weeks to lodge an appeal against the death sentences.
Sudanese first took to the streets just over a year ago, to protest against high bread prices, but the demonstrations soon turned into demands for Bashir to step down.
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The president was deposed in April by the military, but huge protests continued, culminating in a compromise that saw a joint military-civilian transitional council formed in August.

At least 177 people were killed in repression of the months-long protests, according to rights group Amnesty International, while a doctors’ committee close to the protest movement put the toll at over 250.
Many of those killed were the victims of a June 3 massacre outside army headquarters in Khartoum, perpetrated by men in military fatigues.
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On the first anniversary of the protests, thousands of Sudanese citizens earlier this month took to the streets of Khartoum and other cities, to pay their respects to the “martyrs of the revolution”.
Bashir was on December 14 sentenced to two years in an elderly offenders’ institution after being convicted in a corruption case.

The former president faces numerous other domestic investigations, and he has long been wanted by the International Criminal Court for alleged crimes, including genocide, related to the conflict in Darfur.
The transitional administration inherited an enfeebled economy, which was battered by years of US sanctions under Bashir, patronage and the secession of oil-rich South Sudan in 2011.
The first post-Bashir budget was unveiled by the government late Sunday. It envisages an increase in the deficit to 3.5 per cent of gross domestic product in 2020, up from 3.3 per cent in 2019.


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Sudan sentences 27 intelligence agents to death for killing protester

Sudanese people react as they gather in front of a court in Omdurman, Sudan, on Monday, during the trial of a group of intelligence agents who are accused of the death of a school teacher while in custody. Photo: EPA-EFE

epa08094834 Sudanese people react as they gather in front of a court in Omdurman, near the capital Khartoum, Sudan, 30 December 2019, during the trial of a group of intelligence agents who are accused of the death of a school teacher while in custody. A court in Sudan on the day sentenced 27 members of the country's security forces to death by hanging for torturing and killing protester Ahmed Al-Khair, a school teacher, while in detention in February during protests against Sudan's longtime president Bashir. EPA-EFE/MARWAN ALI

epa08094821 A flyer bearing an image of Ahmed al-Khair, a detained Sudanese demonstrator who died while in custody, hangs on barbed wire as people gather in front of a court in Omdurman, near the capital Khartoum, Sudan, 30 December 2019, during the trial of a group of intelligence agents who are accused of the death of Khair. A court in Sudan on the day sentenced 27 members of the country's security forces to death by hanging for torturing and killing protester Ahmed Al-Khair, a school teacher, while in detention in February during protests against Sudan's longtime president Bashir. EPA-EFE/MARWAN ALI

Sudanese protesters rally in front of a court in Omdurman near the capital Khartoum during the trial on December 30, 2019 of intelligence agents for the death of teacher Ahmed Al-Khair while in custody of intelligence services. - The court sentenced 27 intelligence agents to death by hanging, for torturing and killing the teacher at an intelligence services facility during protests a year ago, judge Sadok Albdelrahman said. (Photo by Ebrahim HAMID / AFP)

Sudanese people react as they gather in front of a court in Omdurman, near the capital Khartoum, on Monday. Photo: EPA

Sudan military and protesters sign power-sharing document after removal of leader Omar al-Bashir

Sudanese people celebrate in Khartoum after the ruling military council and a coalition of opposition and protest groups reached agreement to share power. File photo: Reuters

Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, the deputy head of the military council, waves to a crowd during a military-backed tribe's rally, in the Nile River State, Sudan, Saturday, , on July 13, 2019. . (AP Photo/Mahmoud Hjaj)

Sudanese deputy chief of the ruling miliary council Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (R) and protest movement Alliance for Freedom and Changes leader Ahmad al-Rabiah ink an agreement before African Union and Ethiopian mediators in Khartoum early on July 17, 2019. - Sudan's protesters and ruling generals inked a power sharing deal, paving the way for a civilian administration, a key demand of demonstrators since president Omar al-Bashir was deposed in April. (Photo by Ebrahim HAMID / AFP)

Sudanese deputy chief of the ruling miliary council Mohamed Hamdan Dagalo (right) and protest leader Ahmad al-Rabiah shake hands after signing the agreement in Khartoum on Wednesday. Photo: AFP

‘Suitcases loaded with cash’: Sudan’s ousted leader Omar al-Bashir faces corruption trial

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir was forced out of power in April. Photo: AP

Gen. Mohammed Hamdan Dagalo, top right, the deputy head of the military council that assumed power in Sudan after the overthrow of President Omar al-Bashir, stands on military vehicle as he waves to his supporters during a rally, in Garawee town, north of Sudan, Saturday, June 15, 2019. The top U.S. diplomat to Africa said there must be an "independent and credible" investigation into the Sudanese military's violent dispersal of a protest camp in the capital earlier this month, as the ruling military council failed to announce the findings of its own investigation on Saturday as promised. (AP Photo)

Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir waves to his supporters in January. He was forced out of power in April. Photo: Reuters

Mass protests for civilian rule rock Sudan weeks after brutal crackdown that saw dozens of activists killed

Sudanese protesters hold their national flag and shout slogans during a demonstration against the military council, in Khartoum. Photo: AP Photob

Sudanese protesters shout slogans from a truck during a demonstration against the military council, in Khartoum, Sudan, Sunday, June 30, 2019. Tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in Sudan's capital and elsewhere in the country calling for civilian rule nearly three months after the army forced out long-ruling autocrat Omar al-Bashir. The demonstrations came amid a weekslong standoff between the ruling military council and protest leaders. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

A Sudanese protester shouts slogans during a demonstration against the military council, in Khartoum, Sudan, Sunday, June 30, 2019. Tens of thousands of protesters have taken to the streets in Sudan's capital and elsewhere in the country calling for civilian rule nearly three months after the army forced out long-ruling autocrat Omar al-Bashir. The demonstrations came amid a weekslong standoff between the ruling military council and protest leaders. (AP Photo/Hussein Malla)

A Sudanese protesters flashes the V-sign during a mass demonstration against Sudan's ruling generals in Khartoum on June 30, 2019. - Police fired tear gas at protesters in Khartoum as thousands gathered for a mass demonstration, amid international calls for restraint to avoid a new deadly crackdown. The planned "million-man" march is being seen as a test for protest organisers whose movement has been hit by a June 3 raid on a Khartoum sit-in and a subsequent internet blackout that has curbed their ability to mobilise support. (Photo by ASHRAF SHAZLY / AFP)

Sudan ex-president Omar al-Bashir gets two years in detention for corruption

Supporters of Omar al-Bashir at a rally in Khartoum. Photo: AFP

Omar al-Bashir sits in the defendant's cage during his trial in Khartoum, Sudan. Photo: EPA-EFE

‘Bloody massacre’ in Sudan as security forces crush pro-democracy camp on June 3

A protester flashes the victory sign in front of burning tires and debris, near Khartoum's army headquarters. Photo: AP

ATTENTION EDITORS - VISUAL COVERAGE OF SCENES OF INJURY OR DEATH An injured man is carried on a stretcher during protests in Khartoum, Sudan June 3, 2019 in this still image taken from a video obtained from social media. Sudan Congress Party/via REUTERS ATTENTION EDITORS - THIS IMAGE HAS BEEN SUPPLIED BY A THIRD PARTY. MANDATORY CREDIT. NO RESALES. NO ARCHIVES. MUST CREDIT SUDAN CONGRESS PARTY

In this image made from video, Police officers running down a street in Khartoum, Sudan, on Monday, June 3, 2019. Sudanese security forces moved against a protest sit-in camp in the capital Monday, witnesses and protest organizers said. Machine gun fire and explosions were heard and smoke rose from the area. Protest organizers said at least two people were killed. (Elmontasir Darwish via AP)

epa07621959 (FILE) - Sudanese protesters flash victory signs as they listen to Madani Abbas Madani, a leader of the opposition Coalition for Freedom and Change movement and one of the movement negotiators with the army, at the site of a sit-in near the Army headquarters, in Khartoum, Sudan, 22 May 2019 (reissued 03 June 2019). According to media, Sudanese militar forces have allegedly violently dispersed demonstrators from a sit-in protest in Khartoum, with reports claiming that at least two people were shot dead. EPA-EFE/AMEL PAIN

Sudanese forces are deployed around Khartoum's army headquarters on June 3, 2019 as they try to disperse Khartoum's sit-in. - At least two people were killed Monday as Sudan's military council tried to break up a sit-in outside Khartoum's army headquarters, a doctors' committee said as gunfire was heard from the protest site. (Photo by ASHRAF SHAZLY / AFP)

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It is the first time members of the security forces have been condemned to death in relation to the killing of those protesting against Omar al-Bashir



It is the first time members of the security forces have been condemned to death in relation to the killing of protesters whose movement toppled veteran autocrat Omar al-Bashir.


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Sudan sentences 27 intelligence agents to death for killing protester

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It is the first time members of the security forces have been condemned to death in relation to the killing of those protesting against Omar al-Bashir