Burhan frees Bashir-era officials as Sudan’s dictatorship resurfaces

Burhan frees Bashir-era officials as Sudan’s dictatorship resurfaces

Sudanese junta leader, General Abdel Fattah al-Burhan, has ordered the release of two high-ranking officials from the ousted dictatorship of Omar al-Bashir, citing medical reasons. General Bakri Hassan Saleh and Brigadier General Youssef Abdel Fattah Mahmoud, both key figures in Bashir’s authoritarian regime, have been in detention since the dictator’s fall in 2019. Their release follows a directive from the judiciary, which recommended they rec…