Former Sudanese president Omer al-Bashir, along with three senior officials, has been transferred from military detention to a hospital in Merowe, Northern State, due to declining health, as reported by Bashir’s lawyer.
Al-Bashir, ex-Defense Minister Abdelrahim Mohamed Hussein, and former Youth and Sports Minister Youssef Abdel Fattah were moved from the Wadi Seidna military facility after a medical report indicated they required care not available at the military hospital.
Former Vice President Bakri Hassan Saleh had been transferred to the same hospital three weeks earlier.
Bashir’s lawyer stated that the former president and the others are facing age-related health issues that necessitate treatment abroad and urged their release, highlighting that they have been detained for over five years despite a previous decision to set them free.
Following his ousting in April 2019, Bashir and other regime officials were initially held in Kober prison but escaped during the conflict in April 2023.