After it was published, Sudan's powerful National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) filed cases against both Mirgani and El Abidine. The court also gave a three-year suspended jail term to the writer of the piece which was published in 2012. FILED CASESMirgani said that in the article, writer "Mohamed Zine El Abidine accused Bashir's family of being corrupt". After it was published, Sudan's powerful National Intelligence and Security Service (NISS) filed cases against both Mirgani and El Abidine. "This was a case in the court and we never interfere in court cases," Information Minister Ahmed Bilal told reporters after Mirgani was sentenced.

Source: Daily Nation June 07, 2020 07:09 UTC