U.S. denies reports on agreeing to deferring Bashir’s warrant
February 8, 2011 (WASHINGTON) – The United States described as “false” media reports that it has agreed on freezing the indictment of Sudanese president Omer Hassan Al-Bashir by the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Bashir was charged by the Hague tribunal in March 2009 for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity and in July 2010 on counts of genocide in Sudan’s western region of Darfur.
The AU has demanded that the United Nations Security Council (UNSC) invoke Article 16 of the ICC Statute and suspend Bashir’s prosecution for an initial period of 12-months that can be renewed indefinitely.
While Western nations initially considered the request to use as an added leverage on Bashir with regard to the South Sudan referendum, the idea quickly died primarily for fear of angry reaction from human rights groups.
A number of unidentified western diplomats told the Financial Times that the idea of deferral has resurfaced at the AU summit because they believe that strong incentives are needed to ensure Khartoum does not derail the final stages of peace with the south and commits itself to ending a separate conflict in Darfur.
But U.S. State Department Spokesman Philip J. Crowley said on Monday that no discussion took place at the AU summit.
“Our delegation in Addis Ababa, led by Deputy Secretary Steinberg, had no such discussion,” he said.
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Aleu
U.S. denies reports on agreeing to deferring Bashir’s warrant
Well, the law is law. There are many problems waiting Omar al Bashir to answer including war crime and crimes against humanity.Genocide was truly happen in Sudan no matter how good the result of Southern Sudanese referendum came out positively still law will not change thing from Bashir’s indictment. Omar al Bashir have been trying to fraudes in the last April of Sudanese election and he did so in order to shown world that, Sudanese people are still like him so that, he can get away with indictment from the ICC Judges and it did not work for him.
Law has nothing to attach with politics issue and I think it would make no sense at all if the ICC Judges wrongful forgiven him to get away with blood in his hand for killing none Arab people in the Sudan. First of all, I think the world politicians people must be careful enough for what they says, in the air. To deferring warrant from Omar al Bashir will be like the people were just joking about law to make indictment to Omar al Bashir and will bring a lots of problems to Western nations and I wish no one want such confusion to happen in this 21st century.
Omar al Bashir is trying to put pictures to the International communities and the rest of the world, on the other hand also he is refusing to go to Court this is just a way of buying time from the world’s body, but what matter most is the innocents people who apparently dies under his rules in the Sudan and if anyone say, Omar al Bashir will be forgiven with these crimes then, that person will be judge by God.
For the Abyei issue, everyone knows in Sudan that,the Former president Mohammed al Ja’afar Numaryri had transferred Abyei District to Central Sudan region with no any other tribe being taken there, but only Dinka Ngok chiefdom and now Omar al Bashir did not even want to tell the truth to his tribe Misseriya that, Abyei District is official belong to Dinka Ngok, those Arab arms tribe who always claiming were just movable from place to place with their animals for grazing land and seeking water in Southern Sudan. The more Bashir still leading North Sudan the more problems will getting complicate and will soon happen in the borders areas mark that word please.
Sala Gai
U.S. denies reports on agreeing to deferring Bashir’s warrant
Yeah Dinkanuer
Eventually you are right it was a every bad animal that kill thousandths of people in Dinka and Nuer Land it reach to the worries guys call Juet where it were kill there as Manyang de Juet.
It’ still derail up to now
Miamangawai
U.S. denies reports on agreeing to deferring Bashir’s warrant
Who told the AU that the ICC defers Bashir’s warrant of arrest. I believe in what my colleagues as just said: Law is Law. Bashir killed and shed blood of many people. Now the father of the children he killed is expecting him after five months period the indictment will be renewed again. Let bashir come first to hand South to Southerners and hand North to the right person then the law will take its course. bashir says he is militaryman, yet he feared touring the Countries the excute the Rome Statue. What happened to his donor Sadam Hussein will one day touch him. The arabs who are deceiving bashir, they are doing this just because of the Sudan’s revenue.
Luthern King
U.S. denies reports on agreeing to deferring Bashir’s warrant
Nothing like that law remained law .president remained a president even thought he retired.
President Bashir is criminal he may face justice if ICC “let off for him ” it will remained as ‘food for thought’and you will gusS what is ICC in the world?
It will be example to other criminal to and defend himself before court.
MAY GOD BLESSS SOUTHERN SUDAN
Janafil
U.S. denies reports on agreeing to deferring Bashir’s warrant
O my God Jumping here and there in arule of law cause instability of law I am not agreeing with discision of AU ,I donot know why the AU requested for 12 months for the ICC to leave Bashir and he is the most criminal ever in the world
No Bashir must go to ICC