{"id":396669,"date":"2011-04-25T14:14:39","date_gmt":"2011-04-25T14:14:39","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.ghanamma.net\/2011\/04\/25\/opposition-leader-al-turabi-to-be-released-soon-paper-reports\/"},"modified":"2011-04-25T14:14:39","modified_gmt":"2011-04-25T14:14:39","slug":"opposition-leader-al-turabi-to-be-released-soon-paper-reports","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.ghanamma.com\/2011\/04\/25\/opposition-leader-al-turabi-to-be-released-soon-paper-reports\/","title":{"rendered":"Opposition Leader Al-Turabi to Be Released Soon, Paper Reports"},"content":{"rendered":"
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Khartoum \u2014 Sudan’s Islamist opposition leader, Hassan Al-Turabi, will be released from detention imminently and allowed to travel abroad for medical treatment, a local Sudanese daily has reported, quoting “authorized” government sources.<\/p>\n

The privately owned daily newspaper Al-Akhabr reported on Sunday, citing anonymous government sources, that the release of Al-Turabi had become a “matter of time” and that he would be allowed to travel abroad for medical treatment as demanded by his family after he was hospitalized earlier this month as a result of injuries he sustained when he accidently fell to the ground whilst in detention at Kober Prison in Khartoum.<\/p>\n

Al-Akhbar said that the sources had expressed confidence that Al-Turabi poses no danger or threat to the government, and that he would be given permission to travel abroad to receive medical treatment.<\/p>\n

The 79-year old veteran Islamist was arrested in mid-January for the sixth time since he was ousted from power following the 1999’s schism in the National Islamic Front, which saw it split between Al-Turabi’s supporters under the Popular Congress Party (PCP) and those of President Al-Bashir and other fellow Islamists under the ruling National Congress Party (NCP).<\/p>\n

Al-Turabi’s arrest this time followed his warnings that the government of President Al-Bashir could face a popular uprising similar to the ones currently seen in some Arab countries if it continues to resist calls for reforms.<\/p>\n

Meanwhile, the NCP’s vice-president Mandor Al-Mahdi on Saturday held a press conference in which he said that Al-Turabi should either be released or tried despite his conviction that his arrest was a “security issue.”<\/p>\n

“Our opinion, however, is that anyone who served the legal detention period should be either brought to a trial or released,” Mandor said.<\/p>\n

But his statement contrast sharply with that of the NCP’s vice-president Nafi Ali Nafi who denied, in an interview with Sudan radio on Friday, the existence of any calls within his party for Al-Turabi’s release.<\/p>\n

“Everyone knows that we don’t arrest a person for nothing, the decision to bring Al-Turabi to a trial is up to the competent authorities and prosecution” Nafi said, stoking speculations that the NCP’s leadership is exhibiting signs of discord.<\/p>\n

Al-Turabi’s wife Wisal Al-Mahdi said in a phone interview with Sudan Tribune earlier this month that Nafi, who is considered one of the NCP’s hardliners, was behind the continuation of her husband’s ordeal in detention.<\/p>\n

“[Sudanese President Omer Hassan] Al-Bashir was going to let him go because of the law but Nafie [Ali Nafie the presidential assistant] convinced him not to because this may cause people to take the streets and overthrow the government in light of political changes in the region,” Wisal said.<\/p>\n

Wisal said that the authorities were keeping her husband under arrest because they fear his ability to incite a popular uprising.<\/p>\n

The PCP’s political secretary, Kamal Omar, told Sudan Tribune this month that the party would not resort to dialogue with the NCP for the sake of freeing Al-Turabi or allowing him to travel abroad, stressing that his party remains committed to its policy of seeking regime-change.<\/p>\n

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