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Sudan opposition leader accused of Darfur rebel links
Reuters - 1 hour 32 minutes ago
KHARTOUM - A detained Sudanese opposition leader could be tried over accusations of supporting a Darfur rebel movement, state media reported Monday.
Hassan al-Turabi, an influential Islamist, was arrested last week after calling on Sudan's president to surrender himself to the International Criminal Court to face charges of orchestrating genocide in Darfur.
The Sudanese Media Centre quoted an unnamed security source as saying Turabi and his aides were supporting Darfur's insurgent Justice and Equality Movement financially and logistically.
"The source has not ruled out presenting Turabi for trial," it said. It did not name specific charges.
Government sources outside state security, including the Ministry of Justice, have so far not commented on the reasons for Turabi's detention.
Turabi's supporters Monday denied any link to JEM.
Members of his opposition Popular Congress Party said he was arrested to silence him in the build up to a ruling from the International Criminal Court on whether to issue an arrest warrant against President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for alleged war crimes in Darfur.
The U.S. Embassy in Khartoum Monday said it was "concerned" about the arrest of Turabi and another senior official from his party, adding Sudan needed to respect freedom of expression in the build up to elections planned in 2009.
Turabi was Bashir's ideologue until they split in a power struggle in 1999-2000.
International experts say 200,000 people have died since JEM and other rebels took up arms against the government in 2003, accusing it of neglecting the remote western region.
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