Sudan President to Free Political Prisoners

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir said that he will release all political detainees in the country, AFP has reported, after the recent signing of peace agreements with rebels and opposition parties.

Omar Hassan Al-Bashir, President of the Republic of the Sudan, addresses the general debate of the sixty-first session of the General Assembly, at UN Headquarters in New York.

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