Sudan: Blind Sudanese Activist Staring Death Sentence

Khartoum — A visually impaired Sudanese religious teacher, who is also a human rights activist, is facing the death penalty for his criticism of government's human rights violations in the Darfur.

Matar Younis, aged 48, is among the most outspoken critics of the autocratic administration of President Omar al-Bashir.

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