{"id":62383,"date":"2026-11-10T20:31:31","date_gmt":"2026-11-10T17:31:31","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/?p=62383"},"modified":"2026-11-10T20:31:31","modified_gmt":"2026-11-10T17:31:31","slug":"haroun-and-the-law","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/2026\/11\/10\/haroun-and-the-law\/","title":{"rendered":"Haroun and the Law!!"},"content":{"rendered":"

Al-Tahir Satti<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Wars are not merely about gunpowder and bullets; they are also a test of the resilience of legal systems. In our country, the case of Ahmed Haroun and his associates has emerged as an example of the intersection between justice and politics. The reality is that, following the failure of the judicial authorities to resolve the cases, the detention of Haroun and his associates without trial has turned into a predicament that threatens the very concept of justice.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The crisis began with the outbreak of war, when prisons came under direct attack by the Dagalo family militia, resulting in a security breakdown, with prisoners escaping or being smuggled out. This deterioration prompted former regime leaders to leave detention with the knowledge of the government and its judicial authorities, in order to safeguard their lives. They pledged to return whenever they were summoned.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Then life gradually returned to the capital, and prisons and judicial institutions resumed operations. Prisoners returned, and those who had escaped were apprehended. All of them were ordinary citizens, and this is precisely where the crux of the matter lies. The government is keen to enforce the law against one category of people while exempting another, without offering any legal or moral justification for this double standard.<\/strong><\/p>\n

The news today is not that Haroun has been returned to prison. Rather, he should have been in the courtrooms in the first place. Had that been the case, he would not have had the opportunity to devote his time to politics and the media, and all this uproar would never have occurred. Indeed, when justice was sidelined, Haroun was free to move about and pursue his activities. Unable to tolerate his growing influence, they detained him out of fear of his political activism, not out of a genuine desire to achieve justice. That is the real explanation behind his detention.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Indeed, had Haroun not appeared publicly and engaged in political and media activities, they might never have remembered that he was an accused individual whose imprisonment remained pending in practice. They suddenly recalled the provisions of the law and rushed to enforce them after a prolonged period of legal paralysis. In my country, the law is not very different from an idol made of dates: people worship it at times and eat it at others, depending on their mood.<\/strong><\/p>\n

At the international level, the case is even more complicated. The International Criminal Court’s arrest warrants remain in force. Since the Bashir era, the government has never denied the crimes; rather, it has maintained that it is capable of prosecuting those accused before national courts. Yet this has not happened under either Bashir or Burhan. Haroun’s activities before being brought to justice reinforce concerns about impunity and undermine cooperation with the international community.<\/strong><\/p>\n

Quite frankly, what is happening amounts to a disregard for the rule of law and contempt for the state and its judicial institutions, if those responsible are even aware of what they are doing. The public appearance of an accused person whose detention has effectively been suspended not only raises serious questions about the very meaning of justice, but also embarrasses a state that claims to uphold the rule of law. How could Ahmed Haroun have overlooked this, given that he is a lawyer by profession before being a politician?<\/strong><\/p>\n

The bottom line is that Ahmed Haroun’s case is a vivid manifestation of the erosion of justice amid the thunder of artillery and power struggles. This case will remain unresolved and controversial unless state institutions regain their strength and the courts resume their role in adjudicating cases. That is, of course, assuming that officials remember that there is a state and a legal system\u2014or that there is any justice at all that does not discriminate between ordinary citizens and their political elites!<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Al-Tahir Satti Wars are not merely about gunpowder and bullets; they are also a test of the resilience of legal systems. In our country, the case of Ahmed Haroun and his associates has emerged as an example of the intersection between justice and politics. The reality is that, following the failure of the judicial authorities …<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":27231,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[19],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-62383","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-opinion"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62383","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=62383"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62383\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":62384,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/62383\/revisions\/62384"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/27231"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=62383"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=62383"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/sudanevents.com\/index.php\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=62383"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}