CNN: Sudan's Bashir transferred to jail notorious for holding political prisoners during his regime
Khartoum, Sudan (CNN)Sudan's ousted President Omar al-Bashir was transferred on Tuesday evening to Kober prison, a maximum-security prison notorious for holding political prisoners during his 30-year dictatorship, two prison officials who witnessed his arrival told CNN.
Several other regime figures are being held at the jail and kept separately to Bashir, who is under intensified security measures, the officials said. The prison's main yard has been well-known as a site for executions.
"He would've been led past the same hangman's noose where he sent people to meet their Lord," said one of the prison officials.
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WNU Editor: Talk about poetic justice. Former Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir is now staying in the same prison where he imprisoned his opponents during his reign.
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