Sudan’s Attorney General to amend official immunities

The Attorney General of the Sudan’s Ministry of Justice, Omar Ahmed, has pledged to amend the immunities from prosecution enjoyed by officials in Sudan. Ahmed acknowledged that “the immunities enjoyed by the constitutionalists, senior government officials, security agencies, the armed forces, and the police impede the course of justice, especially as it’s been subjected to severe criticism”. The ministry has announced its intention to conduct comprehensive amendments on those laws that include granting immunities to individuals or particular groups and to take legal action against the law violators who have been involved in corruption. The Chairman of the Democratic Lawyers Alliance, Dr Amin Mekki Medani has harshly criticised the Sudanese judges.He said that “the judicial institution suffers a very bad fragility as it has turned a blind eye to the violations committed by the security forces against activists and opponents of the regime and overlooked prosecuting those involved in the incidents of Darfur, Port Sudan, and Kajabar”. File graphic Related: Corruption experience differs, distrust of ‘religious bodies’ shared in Sudans: report (15 July 2013)