Former Sudanese president Omar Al-Bashir hospitalized: Lawyer

KHARTOUM, Sudan - Omar Al-Bashir, the Jailed Sudanese former president has been transferred from prison to a hospital to complete some medical treatment.

His lawyer Hashim Abu-Bakr said on Sunday that the 78-year-old has been in custody while he is being tried over the 1989 coup that brought him to power.

Al-Bashir was ousted in an uprising in 2019. His lawyers had on Tuesday petitioned the court to transfer him to hospital, saying blood pressure and kidney issues posed a threat to his life if left untreated in prison.

Al-Bashir was a military leader who had served as Sudan’s minister of defense, Bashir led a successful 1989 coup, later naming himself chairman of the Revolutionary Command Council.

He then went on to dissolve the country's elected government, banned political parties and trade unions and ushered in a series of restrictive measures to cement his grip on power, including a ban on demonstrations and the imposition of a state of emergency.

Al-Bashir ruled the country for three decades until he was ousted in April 2019.

More than two years later, army chief Abdel Fattah al-Burhan led a military coup against the civilian transitional government, which sparked international condemnation and local unrest.

Near-weekly anti-coup protests have been held across Sudan, and protesters have been met with violent, deadly crackdowns.

GAROWE ONLINE