His lawyer, Mohamed al-Hassan al-Amin, said that Bashir, 80, who was imprisoned with his allies after being ousted in a popular uprising in 2019, was transferred to a detention center in Merowe before treatment at a hospital in the city.
The Secretary added, “He needs medical follow-up and periodic examinations sometimes. He experiences some complications, which requires follow-up. But his condition is not critical now.”
He added, “The causes of some symptoms have not yet been diagnosed, and they may require treatment outside Sudan,” noting that this is the first time that Al-Bashir has been transferred from the capital.
And I am convicted Bashir He was charged with corruption and illicit financing and faced other trials before the war broke out in April 2023. He was most recently held at a military base in Omdurman, part of the Sudanese capital Khartoum area where the army is still fighting the Rapid Support Forces.
Three witnesses said there was heavy fighting in Omdurman and that Rapid Support Forces shelled neighbourhoods there on Tuesday. The city of Merowe, 340 km (210 miles) to the north, has been largely unaffected by the conflict.
Al-Bashir is also wanted by International Criminal Court On charges of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide in relation to the conflict that began escalating in Darfur in 2003.
The Secretary added that the former Minister Abdul Rahim Mohammed Hussein He was transferred with Bashir to Merowe for medical treatment. The International Criminal Court has also issued an arrest warrant for Hussein.
Another former senior official, Bakri Hassan Saleh, one of Bashir’s closest confidants during his three-decade rule, was also transferred to a hospital in Merowe.
