Sudan: Embassy Reacts With Fury Over ICC Charges Against Bashir (The Nation)

The Sudanese embassy in Nairobi has reacted angrily to the move by United Nations - backed International Criminal Court to charge President Hassan Omar el - Bashir with crimes against humanity.

Author: simple
Wed Jul 16 21:40:43 2008

African leaders need to grow up and behave like leaders in other countries do: respect the people they purport to lead. They must stop robing, raping and killing their citizens. The world is a small village and is getting smaller by the day. Some African leaders are deluding themselves if they think Africa is still some remote jungle where they can do whatever they want to their citizens and get away with it. No, now they wont. The International Criminal Court should send a loud and clear message that they will do their part and come after these criminals masqarading as leaders. Milosovic who was indicted by ICC was not African neither is Serbia in Africa, so where does this notion come from that whenever an African leader is subjected to international law it should necessarily be prejudicial or that the third world is being targeted. It doesn't take rocket science to see that Bashir's government is behind the henious crimes perpetrated by the socalled Jajaweeds on the people of Darfur. The only way Africa, especially African leaders, will get respect is if they respect and treat their people with respect. Indicting Bashir for genocidal crimes in Darfur is a good start. There is a ton of phoney criminal African leaders who more than deserve to be hauled to the ICC. Enough is enough.





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