Sudan Sentences 27 to Death for Torturing, Killing Protester

Sudan Sentences 27 to Death for Torturing, Killing Protester
People gather as they celebrate first anniversary of mass protests that led to the ouster of former president and longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir in Khartoum, Sudan, Nov. 19, 2019. AP Photo
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CAIRO—A 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 longtime autocrat Omar al-Bashir earlier this year.

The verdict, which can be appealed, was the first connected to the killing of more than 200 pro-democracy protesters since the demonstrations began last December.