ICC and Omar Bashir

Al-Arabiya
Al-Mahdi urges prevention of war between Sudan, South Sudan
Sudan Tribune
Sudan's President Omer Al-Bashir last week said that his country is not seeking war but would fight it if forced to. Similarly, South Sudan's President Salva Kiir Mayardit warned that his country should take Al-Bashir's warning seriously, ...
Insight: In Sudan, glimpses of an Arab springReuters
Sudan and South Sudan sign treatyIndependent Online
War of Rhetoric between Sudan and South SudanSudan Vision
Financial Times
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Selective Justice at the International Criminal Court
CounterPunch
In the Sudan, a sitting head of state, President Omar Bashir, has also been indicted. The queue of Africans waiting to be hanged by this international court is endless. Yet, a cursory glance at the world also tells of many crimes committed against ...
International justice for Africa?Mail & Guardian Online
The ICC Debate - A Pan-African PerspectiveAllAfrica.com

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Foreign Policy (blog)
The schmooze seen 'round the world
Foreign Policy (blog)
As readers of this blog well know, Bashir is the subject of International Criminal Court arrest warrants, charged with orchestrating war crimes, crimes against humanity, and genocide in Darfur. Now, it's only fair to note that as the chief of a UN ...

The unlearned lessons of the Holocaust
Jerusalem Post
In addition to Haroun, this impunity also finds expression in the cases of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and Sudanese Defense Minister Gen. Abdul Rahim Mohammed Hussein – both indicted by the International Criminal Court for complicity with the ...

swissinfo.ch
UN Envoy to Darfur Rebuffs Critics and Cites Progress on Peace
Bloomberg
20 wedding of Chadian leader Idriss Deby in the presence of Sudanese President Umar al-Bashir, who has been indicted by the International Criminal Court on charges of responsibility for genocide and war crimes in Darfur. UN guidelines bar its officials ...
Go home, Bashir tells Darfur's displacedNews24
Darfur Conflict Fueled by Chinese, Russian ArmsThe Epoch Times
Rights Group Criticizes Russia, China for Supplying Sudan with WeaponsVoice of America
BBC News -AFP
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AFP
Chinese, Russian arms fuel Darfur abuse: Amnesty
AFP
Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir is wanted by the Hague-based International Criminal Court for crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide allegedly committed in Darfur. Khartoum's ministry of foreign affairs had no comment on the Amnesty report.
Chinese, Russian arms fuel Darfur abuseMSN NZ News

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Inner City Press
Ban Floats Syria Envoy, In Wake of Al Khatib Fiasco, No Q on Lavrov or Silva
Inner City Press
Omar al Bashir is the president of Sudan, with whom Ban's envoy Ibrahim Gambari recently took pictures, despite Bashir being indicted by the International Criminal Court for genocide. Interestingly, the Secretariat air brushed this gaffe in its ...
ANALYSIS: US fearful intervention in Syria could ignite powder kegMonsters and Critics.com

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AFP
Bashir Urges Darfur's Displaced to Go Home
Voice of America (blog)
The Bashir government has been fighting rebels in Sudan's western Darfur region since 2003. The United Nations estimated last month that 1.9 million people remain displaced by the conflict. The International Criminal Court has indicted Mr. Bashir for ...
Go home, Bashir tells Darfur's 2 million displacedAFP

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Globe and Mail
Insight: In Sudan, glimpses of an Arab spring
Reuters
A relaxed-looking Bashir, who is wanted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes, spoke on state television for almost two hours last week to assure the population that the economic situation was under control. "We have a 3-year economic ...
South Sudan's Kiir unleashes barrage of attacks against BashirSudan Tribune
Sudan's President Omer al Bashir's New Best Friend - Russia?OilPrice.com
Sudan's President Bashir: the belligerent eye of a perfect stormDaily Maverick

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Daily Nation
Top Kenyan judge shrugs off criticism
Daily Nation
Photo/FILE Justice Nicholas Ombija outside court after issuing a warrant of arrest against Sudan President Omar al-Bashir on November 29, 2011. By PAUL OGEMBA pogemba@ke.nationmedia.com A High Court judge has defended the Judiciary over claims that it ...

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The Guardian
South Sudan's Kiir unleashes barrage of attacks against Bashir
Sudan Tribune
February 6, 2012 (JUBA) – The president of South Sudan Salva Kiir on Monday launched a fierce attack on his Sudanese counterpart Omer Hassan al-Bashir calling him a “thief” and urged him to surrender himself to the International Criminal Court (ICC).
Insight: In Sudan, glimpses of an Arab springReuters India
Sudan's President Omer al Bashir's New Best Friend - Russia?OilPrice.com
Sudan's President Bashir: the belligerent eye of a perfect stormDaily Maverick
Radio Dabanga
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Newsweek
Ayaan Hirsi Ali:The Global War on Christians in the Muslim World
Newsweek
Even though Sudan's Muslim president, Omar al-Bashir, has been indicted by the International Criminal Court in The Hague, which charged him with three counts of genocide, and despite the euphoria that greeted the semi-independence he grant-ed to South ...

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AFP
Sudan's President Bashir: the belligerent eye of a perfect storm
Daily Maverick
The International Criminal Court wants to try you for war crimes, in relation to the hundreds of thousands of people that were killed in Darfur. Some call it a genocide, and all evidence points to your direct involvement. This, perhaps, is why you're ...
Sudan closer to war than peace with south: BashirAFP
Oil risks fuelling flames of Sudan conflictReuters
Both Sudans risk heavy price for oil shutdownFinancial Times
Wall Street Journal -Oman Tribune
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AU defence of Bashir et al has sinister echoes
East African
Take the AU's attitude towards the International Criminal Court, for instance. Some years ago, the ICC indicted Joseph Kony, the crazed leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, for war crimes. The AU's reaction, expressed most prominently by then ...

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Radio Dabanga
UNAMID chief is a burden on Darfur crisis – JEM rebels
Sudan Tribune
The UNAMID boss was seen with President Omer al-Bashir who is wanted by the International Criminal Court. Gibreel Adam Bilal, JEM spokesperson told Sudan Tribune that his group “decided to review its position from Gambari and alert the United Nations ...
A diplomat, a dictator, a wedding, a hug: Ibrahim Gambari's faux-pas that wasn'tDaily Maverick

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Letter, 2/4: Crimes in Sudan
Lincoln Journal Star
In January, President Omar al-Bashir reiterated that the new constitution of Sudan (after the South's independence) would be based on Islamic law. However, al-Bashir's politicization of religion has sparked disputes among the Sudanese people.

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Nuclear Iran: Holocaust in the Making
Huffington Post Canada (blog)
In addition to Haroun, this impunity also finds expression in the cases of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and Sudanese Defense Minister Gen. Abdul Rahim Mohammed Hussein -- both indicted by the International Criminal Court for complicity with the ...

AFP
Sudan closer to war than peace with south: Bashir
AFP
The Hague-based International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for Bashir over alleged crimes against humanity, war crimes and genocide in Darfur, the country's western region. Non-Arab tribes in Darfur rose up in 2003 against the ...
Oil risks fuelling flames of Sudan conflictReuters
Both Sudans risk heavy price for oil shutdownFinancial Times
China's Sudan dilemmasWashington Examiner
Oman Tribune
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Oil risks fuelling flames of Sudan conflict
Reuters
There is also unease over Sudan's President Bashir who is wanted by the International Criminal Court accused of war crimes committed in the unresolved rebellion in the Darfur region where Janjaweed Arab nomads have been blamed for mass killings.

Unamid Chief Told to Avoid Engagements With President Bashir
AllAfrica.com
The wedding was attended by President Bashir who is wanted by the international Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes and genocide committed in Darfur. Sudan refuses to recognize the ICC. UN guidelines state that officials should limit contact with ...
02.02.12 - ICC/SUDAN - RIGHTS GROUP SLAMS UN DIPLOMAT FOR SOCIALIZING WITH AL ...Hirondelle

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