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, March 01, 2007
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