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German court convicts Sudanese man of espionage BERLIN (AP) -- A German court has convicted a Sudanese man of
spying on human rights groups and opposition supporters for his
country's intelligence service, and handed him a suspended prison
sentence. The Berlin state court said Thursday that the 40-year-old, whom
it did not identify, was given a 1 1/2-year sentence for espionage.
However, the court put him on three years' probation and ordered
his release. The court ruled that, from at least August 2006 until his arrest
in October 2007, the man worked for Sudan's National Security and
Intelligence Bureau, keeping up "regular and intensive contact"
with the intelligence service's resident at the Sudanese embassy in
Berlin.
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