ICC War Crimes Prosecutor Labels Al-Basher 'Exterminating'
Darfur Citizens
Sudanese News Updates
22 March 2009
London - The International Criminal
Court's chief prosecutor accused Sudanese President
Omar al-Beshir of "exterminating" people in Darfur in
an interview released on the BBC's website Saturday.
Luis Moreno Ocampo was speaking after the ICC on March
4 issued an arrest warrant for Beshir over alleged war
crimes and crimes against humanity during the six-year
conflict in Darfur, western Sudan.
The warrant failed to include three genocide charges
which had been requested by Ocampo. The prosecutor
filed an application earlier this month to appeal
against the absence of genocide charges on the
warrant.
Ocampo told BBC radio: "The judge has decided that
Omar Beshir is exterminating the citizens in the
camps."
He added that Khartoum's dismissal of some aid
agencies from the area confirmed that Beshir "is
exterminating these people.
"That is why arresting Beshir is needed, to stop the
crimes," Ocampo said. "In the meantime, as soon (as)
Omar Beshir travel(s) outside (Sudan), he could be
arrested and I will work for that."
Since the ICC issued the arrest warrant, Sudan has
expelled some international aid agencies and wants all
foreign aid organisations out within a year.
The United Nations has warned aid agency expulsions
will leave 1.1 million people without food, 1.5
million without health care and more than a million
without drinking water.
Ocampo said he was confident that Beshir would be
arrested, citing previous captures of former leaders
of Serbia and Liberia.
"Slobodan Milosevic was arrested, Charles Taylor was
arrested, this will happen -- when will depend on
national states first and also the international
community," he told the BBC.
The UN says 300 000 people have died in the Darfur
conflict, many of them from starvation or disease.
Sudan puts the death toll from the conflict at 10 000.
Balanced news and safe information about the Muslim World covering the Arabs, African World and beyond with pure Islamic
perspectives in a way of Da'wah :: الأخبارالمتوازنة والمعلومات المأمونة عن
العالم الإشلامي فيما يتضمن العرب والعالم الإفريقي وأبعد من وجهة النظر
الإسلامية السليمة بشكل دعوي
Your Short Cut To Illuminating Pages And Referential Files On EsinIslam Enabling You Quick And Easy Access To Rich Materials, Knowledgeable Contents And Reliable Information :: طريقك القصير إلى صفحات
منيرة وملفات مرجعية على هذا الموقع تمكنك الوصول السريع والسهل إلى معارف غنية
ومحتويات تعلمية ومعلومات موثوق بها
Internet Window That Gives You Instant Access To Media, Broadcasters And Publishers For Information And References Especially About The Muslim World :: نافذة الانترنت التي تمنحك الوصول الفوري الى وسائل الاعلام
، والمذيعين والناشرين للحصول على معلومات ومراجع خاصة عن العالم الاسلامي
You Can Get Scholastic Fatwas (Verdicts) From Our Dedicated Team Of Duaat And Experts With Sound And Safe Knowledge Headed By Our Sheikh Abu-Abdullah Adelabu :: يمكنك الإستفتاء العلمي من جماعتنا الدعوية التي تنضمن المحترفين ذوي العلم الحق
والسليم تحت رئاسة شيخنا أبو عيد الله أديلابو
Faithful Community Arena Where People Manifest Their Faith In Order To Protect Their Tenets, Values And People In Defense Of Belief And Its Teachings :: قاعة جماعة المومنين حين يعلن الناس إيمانهم من أجل الحفاظ على عقاؤدهم وقيمهم
و أمّتهم دفاعًا عن الدين وتعاليمه
Save
Print
Add Comments To This Story