Strasbourg, 07/09/2007 (Agence Europe) - The Sudanese lawyer from Darfur, Salih Mahmoud Osman, who has declared opposition to the Khartoum regime, is likely to be the next winner of the Sakharov Prize for freedom of opinion. The prize will be awarded during October.
Mr Osman, who is very active in the human rights field and who works in Nyala in Darfur, provides legal assistance for prisoners facing the death penalty and for victims of human rights violations in the Darfur conflict. He has...