Dictators in Sudan refuses to hand over two men named as war crimes suspects in Darfur to the International Criminal Court. Dictators said The ICC had no jurisdiction to try Sudanese and that their own courts were capable of prosecuting suspects.
The ICC named Humanitarian Affairs Minister Ahmed Haroun and Janjaweed militia leader Ali Mohammed Ali Abdel-Rahman, as war crimes suspects.
Chief prosecutor at the ICC, Luis Morenp-Ocampo said the two men are suspected of 51 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Those counts include crimes committed during attacks on some villages near Kodoom, Bindisi, Mukjar and Arawala in western Darfur.
Meanwhile, Sudanese Justice Minister Mohammed Ali al-Mardi said "We're not concerned with, nor do we accept, what the International Criminal Court prosecutor has opted for."
He claimed that "All the evidence the prosecutor referred to is lies given to him by people who bear arms against the state, bear arms against citizens and kill innocent citizens in Darfur."
BBC says, Sudan is not a signatory to the convention under which the ICC was established and has repeatedly said it'll not abide by any indictments or rulings.
BBC says some 200,000 people have died in the conflict since 2003.
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Thursday, January 04, 2007
Peacekeepers Face Sexual Abuses Claims
Another investigation on some kinds of abuses the international peacekeepers were involved in or committed is under way, news says. The UN says it will investigate allegations that some peacekeepers in southern Sudan have been involved in the rape and sexual abuse of children.
The Daily Telegraph said the abuse began shortly after the UN mission arrived in March 2005 to enforce a peace agreement that ended 21 years of civil war in the region. (50 years of civil war ACTUALLY). The British newspaper has quoted an internal report by UN children's agency UNICEF and cited interviews with 20 alleged victims. It says that UN personnel in the regional capital, Juba, have been having sex with children as young as 12 years. It has gathered information from more than 20 people who say they have been abused. The UNICEF's report suggests the UN has been aware of the abuse for over a year.
The UN has more than 10,000 police, peacekeepers and staffers from over 70 countries in southern Sudan. There have been allegations of sexual abuse by UN peacekeepers in places such as DR Congo, Haiti and Liberia, BBC says while quoting the former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan who said there would be "zero tolerance" of sexual exploitation by peacekeepers. The UN says it has investigated abuse allegations against 316 of its personnel since January 2004, 179 of whom have been disciplined.
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The Daily Telegraph said the abuse began shortly after the UN mission arrived in March 2005 to enforce a peace agreement that ended 21 years of civil war in the region. (50 years of civil war ACTUALLY). The British newspaper has quoted an internal report by UN children's agency UNICEF and cited interviews with 20 alleged victims. It says that UN personnel in the regional capital, Juba, have been having sex with children as young as 12 years. It has gathered information from more than 20 people who say they have been abused. The UNICEF's report suggests the UN has been aware of the abuse for over a year.
The UN has more than 10,000 police, peacekeepers and staffers from over 70 countries in southern Sudan. There have been allegations of sexual abuse by UN peacekeepers in places such as DR Congo, Haiti and Liberia, BBC says while quoting the former UN Secretary General Kofi Annan who said there would be "zero tolerance" of sexual exploitation by peacekeepers. The UN says it has investigated abuse allegations against 316 of its personnel since January 2004, 179 of whom have been disciplined.
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