Sudan’s National Umma Party Condemns ‘Arbitrary Death Sentence’

Ed Duweim / Port Sudan — Sudan’s National Umma Party has denounced a court decision sentencing Nazir (public official) Mamoun Habani to death, accusing the authorities of using the judiciary as a weapon against opponents.

In a statement issued on Wednesday by the General Secretariat of the party, they confirmed that the Ed Duweim Court in White Nile state handed Habani a death sentence without granting him the right to defend himself.

The party said Habani, an elderly man, had been held in…