SUDAN NEWS ALERT: Multiple sources – Ali al-Haj, Sudan’s most prominent Islamist politician, sent to prison holding al-Bashir

21/11/19: Multiple sources – Ali al-Haj, Sudan’s most prominent Islamist politician, sent to prison holding al-Bashir

• Reuters, by Khalid Abdelaziz

• Sudan Tribune

• Radio Dabanga

 Popular Congress Party secretary general Ali al-Haj, Sudan’s most prominent Islamist politician, was arrested after being summoned for questioning over former leader Omar al-Bashir’s rise to power in a 1989 coup. He has been transferred to Kober prison, where al-Bashir is also being held.

 The investigation is a significant step against the Islamist political networks that supported al-Bashir, with leading PCP figure Ibrahim al-Sanusi also arrested.