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Sudan asks Russia to defend its president from ICC
2008-07-19
Sudan has asked Russia to defend its president Omar al-Beshir from possible prosecution by the International Criminal Court (ICC), Sudan's ambassador to Russia told Russian media on Friday.

"We asked Russia as a permanent member of the UN Security Council to use its influence, ties and contacts to dispel this spectre threatening Sudan," the Interfax news agency quoted ambassador Chol Deng Alak as saying at a news conference in Moscow.
He took over from is brother, Chol Denk Alas.
On Monday, ICC chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo accused Beshir of masterminding a genocidal campaign in Darfur and asked judges to issue a warrant for his arrest. If granted, the warrant would be the first ever issued by The Hague-based court against a sitting head of state.

Alak described the prosecutor's request as "very dangerous, since it involves arresting the president of a sovereign state which did not sign the Rome Statute" establishing the ICC.

"Such a request breaks confidence in international justice and violates international law," Alak said.
Posted by:Fred

#1  As loathsome as Sudan, they have a very valid point that the ICC is overreaching its authority, and it is better that the limping scrod be neutered ASAP, or their next targets will be American citizens.
Posted by: Anonymoose   2008-07-19 10:46  

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