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Sudan’s security forces have detained one of the
country’s leading opposition figures along with
two other members of the country’s main
opposition coalition.
A spokesman for the coalition said that Sadiq
Youssef, 85, leader of the National Consensus
Forces, which opposes Sudanese President Omar
Hassan al-Bashir, was arrested at his home on
Wednesday.
Two other members of the opposition coalition
were also detained.
“This afternoon, elements from the security
services arrested three leaders from the
opposition coalition, among them Sadiq Youssef,”
the spokesman said.
“We are very worried about his health because
he suffers from several diseases.”
The spokesman said that Youssef’s whereabouts
were unknown and no immediate reason was
given for his arrest.
Bashir, 72, who took power in a 1989 coup, is
accused of masterminding genocide, crimes
against humanity and war crimes during Sudan’s
Darfur conflict.
He is wanted by the Hague-based International
Criminal Court, which issued a warrant for his
arrest in 2009, but he denied any wrong doing.
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