Sudan denies dropping accusations addressed to Turabi

The Sudanese ministry of justice denied that it had taken a decision to drop accusations addressed against the secretary general of the opposition People's Congress party, Hassan al-Turabi, and the party's leaderships over the recent coupe attempt.

The Sudanese minister of Justice Ali Othman Yassin said that the judiciary investigations addressed accusations to 100 members of the People's Congress party, noting that they will be brought before the court this week.

He explained that investigations are still continuous with the accused persons of the party's political leaderships including Hassan al-Turabi.

On September 8, the Sudanese authorities announced that 33 persons of cadres and leadership of al-Turabi party were arrested under the charge of trying to topple the regime and giving the public illusion the thinking that the Sudanese authorities lost its control on Darfur district, including al-Turabi who is detained since March this year.