Original sentence: Further on, al-Bashir issued purges and executions in the upper ranks of the army, the banning of associations, political parties, and independent newspapers and the imprisonment of leading political figures and journalists
Edited sentence: Further on, al-Bashir issued purges and execution of 28 in the upper ranks of army officers in 19990, the banning of associations, political parties, and independent newspapers and the imprisonment of leading political figures and journalists