اخبار واقوال الرئيس البشير في وكالات الأنباء العالمية منذ عام 1989

Quote: Sudan Hardens Crackdown on Internal Opponents By JANE PERLEZ, Special to The New York Times Published: December 17, 1989 NAIROBI, Kenya, Dec. 16— The junta that squashed a democratically elected government in the Sudan nearly six months ago is toughening its stand against its opponents by imposing death sentences, bombing southern towns in an intensified civil war and saying that it plans to carry out a strict Islamic code. The United States, which considers the Sudan an ally, delivered a stiffly worded message to the Khartoum Government last week protesting the death sentences of a physician charged with leading a medical strike and two businessmen charged with foreign currency abuses. Ambassador James R. Cheek was reported to have said in the message to Lieut. Gen. Omar Hassan al-Bashir, the head of the junta, that the executions of those sentenced would seriously jeopardize the relationship between the Sudan and the United States. The United Nations Secretary General, Javier Perez de Cuellar, has also asked General Bashir to reprieve the doctor on humanitarian grounds. Reports filtering out of Khartoum describe growing unrest, particularly among university students, who have been staging demonstrations, and professional workers. Popular protests and civil disobedience organized by professional trade unions led to the overthrow of the longtime Sudanese Government of Gen. Gaafar al-Nimery, in 1985. Diplomats and Sudanese who have been in Khartoum recently say they see the beginnings of a similar groundswell that could eventually topple General Bashir's leadership. But the junta is clamping down hard, and General Bashir was quoted by the Sudan News Agency as telling a rally: ''The revolution will destroy anyone who stands in the way and amputate those who betray the nation.'' A member of the 15-man Revolutionary Command Council, Mohammed Amin Khalifa, announced on Dec. 7 that the Islamic law code, known as Sharia, would be imposed. Such laws, which call, among other things, for punishment by amputation, were introduced by General Nimery. They were never formally scrapped from the law books by the democratically elected Government of Sadiq al-Mahdi, but they were not put into practice, either. The question of Islamic law is one of the basic causes of the civil war between the largely Arabic north and the Christian and animist African south. The Sudan People's Liberation Army, led by a southerner, John Garang, says that Islamic law must be abolished and the south must have a greater say in the governing of the country. Talks between the Government and the rebels, held under the auspices of former President Jimmy Carter, collapsed here two weeks ago. Mr. Carter said that neither side was prepared for serious negotiations and wanted the war to continue after a series of cease-fires from May to November. Last month, the Bashir Government, apparently afraid that too much help was going to the south, ordered all food and medical relief by the United Nations, the International Committee of the Red Cross and other agencies stopped. Mr. Carter's efforts to allow their resumption also failed. Four southern towns where expatriate relief workers are stationed have been bombed in recent weeks by Soviet-made planes apparently flown by Libyans for the Government, aid organizations based in Nairobi say. In recent weeks, General Bashir made increasingly belligerent speeches, promising to ''crush'' the southern rebels and saying that the army had retaken several towns. Human rights organizations say they know of at least 150 trade union leaders, human rights campaigners and university lecturers who are being held in jail without charges. Among those held is Amin Mekki Medani, a leading lawyer who organized the opposition against General Nimeiry. The physician who was sentenced to death last Sunday is Dr. Maamun Mohammed Hussein, the former secretary general of the doctors union before the junta banned trade unions. He was denied a defense lawyer at his trial where he was charged with serving as chairman of a 10-minute meeting that called for a strike of hospital doctors, Africa Watch, a human rights organization based in London, said.

Quote: ويتحدث التقرير عن ان مجلس الثورة بزعامة البشير اعلن فرض الشريعة الإسلامية

Quote: The Washington Post Neil Henry Jul 15, 1989 Bashir, 45, is a stocky man with a receding hairline and a bristly mustache who says that he served as a paratrooper in the Sudanese army for 18 years and completed military training courses in Egypt and the United States. He said at a news conference this week that Sudan's coalition-style democratic politics, which featured 36 different parties, had simply deteriorated beyond salvation. His intention, he said, was to "unify" Sudan. Asked if he believed democracy could ever work in Sudan, he replied, "Anyone who was exposed to the ex-system was convinced that there was no democracy here." He said all decisions had been made in the interest of two major families in Sudan, referring to Mahdists and their ancient rivals, the Mirghanis, who dominate religious and political life here. Bashir also said that the ban on newspapers was just a "temporary condition" and that he would encourage criticism of the new government, so long as the criticism is not "partisan." The civil war remains by far the most important issue in Sudan. And at the heart of it is sharia, a set of Islamic laws that authorize severe punishments, such as stoning, crucifixion and amputation for certain crimes. Many Moslems want sharia; most southerners do not. Bashir, a Moslem who has claimed no official position on the religious laws, said he hopes to reach a negotiated agreement with the SPLA, "army to army," on sharia. Failing that, he plans to have the matter decided by public referendum. But, as several figures in the peace movement here noted, a vote on a such a volatile issue could make matters worse. An estimated 70 percent of the Sudanese population is Moslem, and many would likely vote for sharia. One member of the ruling Revolutionary Council, Col. Salah Eddin Mohammad Achmed Karar, implied just that when he said during an interview: "Thirty percent of the population cannot tell 70 percent of the population how they should feel." John Garang, head of the SPLA, remains just as resolute. "There is no compromise" on sharia, he said in a recent interview. "We will accept total abolition only."

Quote: صحيفة الواشنطن بوست 15 يوليو 1989 قال البشير ان النموذج السياسي الديمقراطي ، الذي ضم 36 أحزاب مختلفة تعدى مرحلة الإنقاذ وان هدفه هو توحيد السودان. وردا على سؤال اذا كان يعتقد ان الديمقراطية يمكن أن تعمل على الإطلاق في السودان ، فأجاب : "كل من تأمل النظام السابق كان مقتنعا أنه لا توجد ديمقراطية هنا". قال ان جميع القرارات التي بذلت في مصلحة عائلتين في السودان ، في اشارة الى المهدي ومنافسهم الميرغني الذين يهيمنون على الحياة الدينية والسياسية هنا. البشير قال ايضا ان الحظر المفروض على الصحف هو مجرد حالة "مؤقتة" وانه سوف يشجع على انتقاد الحكومة الجديدة ، طالما أن الانتقادات ليست حزبية

Quote: By CHRIS HEDGES Published: October 5, 1990 Lieut. Gen. Omar Hassan Ahmed al-Bashir, who took control of the Sudan in a coup 14 months ago, says he has no plans to change his Government's handling of humanitarian aid or establish ''a Western, multi-party political system.'' The Sudanese leader, in an hourlong interview on Wednesday, also condemned Western governments for ''pressuring'' his administration. He lashed out at church relief groups, who have accused his Government of blocking food deliveries in rebel-held areas in the south, and accused these groups of backing the rebels of the Sudanese People's Liberation Army, who have been fighting Sudanese Governments for seven years. ''We are not following the kind of line the Western governments desire,'' General al-Bashir said. ''These governments want us to follow the Western model. They would like us to be part of the multi-party system of government.'' U.S. Is Critical of General United States officials have criticized the general for failing to institute democratic reforms and allow relief agencies to work unmolested in rebel zones. ''Hundreds of thousands of people are at risk in Sudan,'' said Tony P. Hall, chairman of the House Select Committee on Hunger. ''I know it, A.I.D. knows it, and international relief organizations know it. President Bashir refuses to admit it. His stubbornness is killing his own people.'' General al-Bashir, since he took power in a coup 15 months ago, has alienated many Western governments, an alienation that has only been exacerbated by his support for Saddam Hussein in the current gulf crisis and what he calls his ''excellent'' relations with the Libyan leader, Col. Muammar el-Qaddafi. Plays Down Threat of Famine The Sudanese leader played down the threat of famine, dismissing projections by relief agencies like Unicef that over a quarter of a million people are at risk unless a major effort is mounted to distribute food. The general said the reports that the Government blocked food deliveries to the south were unfounded. The general said the decline in aid donations was done for ''political reasons.'' He accused some humanitarian groups of working in tandem with the guerrillas. Opposition Parties Banned ''Many church organizations contribute arms and assistance'' to the guerrillas, he said. Since coming to power the general has banned all opposition parties, denied freedom of association and jailed several hundred political dissidents. He said he was conducting an investigation of the former Prime Minister to see if he should be put on trial. A committee will submit recommendations for the new system of government on Oct. 26, General al-Bashir said. He said committee members were visiting ''various parts of the country to find out from the local people what is the best system of government.'' General al-Bashir said he had no plans to lift his ban on opposition political parties. ''We would like our political system to have the largest possible participation by the people,'' he said. ''We will exclude the political parties represented in the past. These parties depended on sectarianism, tribalism and ethnicity. We would like to exclude all this. The unity of the whole nation is very important to us.'' Photo: Lieut. Gen. Omar Hassan Ahmed al-Bashir, the Sudan's leader, during an interview in Manhattan. (Neal Boenzi/The New York Times)

Quote: 5 أكتوبر 1990 مقابلة مع نيويورك تايمز قال البشير ان الغرب يضغط عليهم لأنهم يريدون لنا أن نكون جزءا من نظام متعدد الأحزاب في الحكومة و قلل من خطر المجاعة ، رافضا توقعات من جانب وكالات الإغاثة مثل اليونيسيف أن أكثر من ربع مليون شخص معرضون لخطر وقال ان التقارير التي تفيد بأن الحكومة منعت امدادات الغذاء للجنوب لا أساس لها. قال انه ليس لديه خطط ليرفع الحظر المفروض على الأحزاب السياسية المعارضة. «نود لنظامنا السياسي مشاركة أكبر عدد ممكن من الناس ، . «نحن نستبعد الأحزاب السياسية الممثلة في الماضي. هذه الأحزاب تعتمد على الطائفية والقبلية والعرقية. نود استبعاد كل هذا. وحدة الأمة بأسرها مهمة جدا بالنسبة لنا

Quote: 18 نوفمبر 1991 اصدر الرئيس البشير قرار يفرض على النساء في المدارس والمكاتب الحكومية لبس الزي الإسلامي الذي يغطي كل شئ عدا الوجه والكفين والا يتم منعهم من الدخول

Quote: 5 مارس 1990 اعلن الرئيس البشير الوحدة الإندماجية مع ليبيا في غضون اربعة سنين بعد عودته من طربلس وتوقيع اتفاق الوحدة في زيارته التي استغرقت ثلاثة ايام