Detention of Sudan former spy chief extended for 2 weeks
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June 24, 2013, (KHARTOUM) - The judge of Khartoum’s Central criminal
court Osama Ahmed Abdalla, has decided to renew the detention of the
former head of the National Intelligence and Security Services (NISS),
Salah Gosh for two more weeks pending a decision on the appeal
submitted by his defense team to the justice minister.
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Former head of Sudan’s National Intelligence and Security Services
(NISS) Salah Gosh
On Sunday, Sudan’s attorney general Omar Ahmed Mohammed confirmed that
the minister of justice had received an appeal submitted by Gosh’s
lawyers on charges filed against him in connection with a coup attempt
thwarted last year.
He said that the minister of justice will decide on the appeal upon
his return from a business trip to Saudi Arabia.
After more than six months in detention, the ex-spy chief and his
associate Major General Salah Ahmed Abdalla were formally charged this
month with undermining the constitutional order, inciting violence to
topple the legitimate government and breaching the anti-terrorism law.
Under Sudan’s penal code these charges carry the death penalty or life
imprisonment.
"We believe he is not guilty of all these charges," his lawyer, Ali
Al-Saeed, told Agence France Presse (AFP).
Sudan Tribune has learned that some parties are leading mediation
efforts to secure his release.
President Bashir twice issued decrees over the last two months
pardoning and commuting sentences for army and security officers
convicted in connection with the coup.
However, the Sudanese president excluded his former adviser and
ex-director of NISS.
Sources with knowledge of the ongoing investigation into the recent
coup attempt have told Sudan Tribune that Gosh and the four security
officers detained with him refused to demand the presidential pardon
as it was done by the military.
Gosh headed Sudan’s NISS for about a decade until Bashir replaced him in 2009.
During his tenure Gosh boosted cooperation with the American Central
Intelligence Agency (CIA) particularly after September 2001 attacks on
New York and Washington.
After leaving the security service he became presidential security
adviser but was sacked in early 2011.
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