Will Sudanese president Omar Hassan al-Bashir be arrested by the end of June?
Settled as No
He's still on the loose...
Background:
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The International Criminal Court (ICC) announced two weeks ago that it issued a warrant for the arrest of Sudan's president for alleged war crimes in Darfur. The ICC's chief prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, filed genocide charges in July last year against President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for a five-year campaign of violence in Darfur. The five charges against al-Bashir include masterminding attempts to wipe out African tribes in the war-torn region with a campaign of murder, rape and deportation.
The violence in Darfur erupted in 2003 after rebels began an uprising against the Sudanese government. To counter the rebels, Sudanese authorities armed and cooperated with Arab militias that went from village to village in Darfur, killing, torturing and raping residents there, according to the United Nations, Western governments and human rights organizations. The militias targeted civilian members of tribes from which the rebels drew strength.
Last year Moreno-Ocampo told CNN's Nic Robertson that he had "strong evidence that al-Bashir is committing a genocide." He added: "I cannot be blackmailed, I cannot yield. Silence never helped the victims. Silence helped the perpetrators. The prosecutor should not be silent." Al-Bashir bears responsibility, Moreno-Ocampo said, because he sat at the apex of the government. "For such crimes to be committed over a period of five years and throughout Darfur, al-Bashir had to mobilize and keep mobilized the whole state apparatus; he had to control and direct perpetrators; and he had to rely on a genocidal plan," Moreno-Ocampo wrote as background for arrest warrant request.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/04/sudan.president.darfur.charges/
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The International Criminal Court (ICC) announced two weeks ago that it issued a warrant for the arrest of Sudan's president for alleged war crimes in Darfur. The ICC's chief prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, filed genocide charges in July last year against President Omar Hassan al-Bashir for a five-year campaign of violence in Darfur. The five charges against al-Bashir include masterminding attempts to wipe out African tribes in the war-torn region with a campaign of murder, rape and deportation.
The violence in Darfur erupted in 2003 after rebels began an uprising against the Sudanese government. To counter the rebels, Sudanese authorities armed and cooperated with Arab militias that went from village to village in Darfur, killing, torturing and raping residents there, according to the United Nations, Western governments and human rights organizations. The militias targeted civilian members of tribes from which the rebels drew strength.
Last year Moreno-Ocampo told CNN's Nic Robertson that he had "strong evidence that al-Bashir is committing a genocide." He added: "I cannot be blackmailed, I cannot yield. Silence never helped the victims. Silence helped the perpetrators. The prosecutor should not be silent." Al-Bashir bears responsibility, Moreno-Ocampo said, because he sat at the apex of the government. "For such crimes to be committed over a period of five years and throughout Darfur, al-Bashir had to mobilize and keep mobilized the whole state apparatus; he had to control and direct perpetrators; and he had to rely on a genocidal plan," Moreno-Ocampo wrote as background for arrest warrant request.
http://www.cnn.com/2009/WORLD/africa/03/04/sudan.president.darfur.charges/
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Settled as No on Tue 7th Jul 2009 4:14am PST
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