Darfur justice could prove elusive despite al-Bashir's fall

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Driven from power and imprisoned, Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir is more vulnerable than ever to a decade-old international arrest warrant for war crimes committed in Darfur. But justice could prove elusive.

April 22, 2019

But the military, which forced him from power after four months of mass protests, has said it will not extradite him to the International Criminal Court at the Hague. Even many opponents of al-Bashir have expressed reluctance about handing him over to the ICC, saying they would prefer to bring him to justice within Sudan. Any attempt to hold him and other top officials accountable could pose risks to the transition to civilian rule sought by the protesters.

The organizers of four months of protests that eventually drove al-Bashir from office have demanded that the military immediately hand power to a civilian council that would govern for four years. They fear the military, which is dominated by al-Bashir appointees, will replace him with another general.

The protesters are aware of such concerns and have thus far refrained from calling for al-Bashir’s extradition. Mohammed al-Asam, a senior member of the Sudanese Professionals Association, which has organized the protests, said that if a new judicial system can be established with “independent standards,” then “no one would object to the trial of Omar al-Bashir inside Sudan.” Without such standards, he said, “the Sudanese are going to look for justice elsewhere in the world.

 

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The Associated Press of the United States is cooperating with China's Xinhua News Agency, which is a shameless act. The Associated Press is also being influenced by the Communist Party of China.

Why only African are trail in hague

He should just say he’s a part of the academy of motion pictures and it’ll l be forgiven

Another obama FAILURE 😂

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