Sudan: Darfuri Sheikh Younis Faces Trial for 'Espionage' Next Week

Khartoum Bahri — Sheikh Matar Younis and Adam Abdelshafi Haroun will face trial in the Khartoum North Court on Thursday July 5. The activist sheikh has been charged with espionage, among others.

Sheikh Younis, a blind man at the age of 48, was arrested at Zalingei market while drinking tea early April. He was transferred to Kober prison in Khartoum. Adam Abdelshafi Haroun, a shop owner, was arrested in his shop in El Geneina market and also transferred to Khartoum in December 2017.

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