AP, CAIROA Sudanese court on Monday sentenced 27 members of the country’s security forces to death by hanging for torturing and killing a detained protester during the uprising against former Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir earlier last year. “We are now sure our revolution is continuing on the right path,” protester Amna Mohammed said. The death of protester Ahmed al-Khair, a school teacher, while in detention in February was a key point — and a symbol — in the uprising that convulsed the large African country. The Sudanese Professionals Association, an umbrella group of unions that led the protests against al-Bashir, welcomed Monday’s verdict. The image of the former dictator in a defendant’s cage on live TV sent a strong message for all of Sudan.

Source: Taipei Times December 31, 2019 16:30 UTC