Rights group urges South Sudan to prosecute those responsible for ethnic violence
February 10, 2012
Human Rights Watch Director Daniel Bekele on Friday urged South Sudan to investigate attacks made on Murle villages in December and prosecute those responsible. In this organized attack, thousands of armed Lou Nuer villagers invaded the Murle villages, robbing and burning houses and killing thousan....... [more] 
Sudan voters overwhelmingly supported secession
January 22, 2012
On January 22, 2011, a commanding percentage of voters in Southern Sudan's Independence Referendum voted in favor of secession — an electoral action which proposed splitting Southern Sudan from the North. The vote followed a December 2009 agreement between the ruling National Congress Party (NC....... [more]
French aid workers sentenced to 8 years hard labor in Darfur 'orphans' case
December 26, 2011
On December 26, 2007, six French aid workers were sentenced to eight years of hard labor after being convicted in a Chadian court for attempting to kidnap 103 African children. The six claimed that they were attempting to airlift orphaned children from the war-torn Sudanese region of Darfur to saf....... [more]
ICC prosecutor urges international cooperation in arresting Darfur suspects
December 16, 2011
International Criminal Court (ICC) Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo on Thursday urged international cooperation in executing arrest warrants for suspects accused in the Darfur conflict. Presenting his report to the UN Security Council, Ocampo emphasized that all states parties to the Rome Statu....... [more]
ICC refers Malawi to UN Security Council for failure to arrest Sudan president
December 13, 2011
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday referred the Republic of Malawi to the UN Security Council and the Assembly of States Parties to the Rome Statute for failing to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir when he visited the country for a trade summit in October. The court had previous....... [more]
Canada citizen removed from UN terrorist list
December 2, 2011
Sudanese-born Canadian citizen Abousfian Abdelrazik was removed from the UN Security Council Al Qaeda Sanctions List (1267 List) on Thursday. Abdelrazik was added to the list while being held in Sudan in 2006 based on suspected ties to al Qaeda. He was seized while visiting Sudan in 2003 on a reque....... [more]
ICC prosecutor seeks arrest warrant for Sudan defense minister
December 2, 2011
Chief Prosecutor for the International Criminal Court (ICC) Luis Moreno-Ocampo began seeking an arrest warrant on Friday for Sundanese Defense Minister Abdelrahim Mohamed Hussein on charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes committed in Darfur between August 2003 and March 2004. Ocampo began....... [more]
Kenya court issues arrest warrant for Sudan president al-Bashir
November 29, 2011
The Kenyan High Court ruled Monday that Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir must be arrested if he ever returns to Kenya. The ruling was in response to al-Bashir's second visit, where Kenya joined the ranks of the other African countries that have refused to enforce the International Criminal Court ....... [more]
UN rights chief calls for investigation into South Sudan bombing
November 12, 2011
UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay called Friday for an investigation of the previous day's aerial bombing of a refugee camp in Unity State in South Sudan. Refugees in the camp claimed to witness an Antonov plane, often used by northern Sudan as a makeshift bomber, circling the camp a....... [more]
ICC urged Kenya to arrest al-Bashir
October 25, 2011
On October 25 2010, the International Criminal Court (ICC) requested that Kenyan authorities arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir during his trip to Kenya. The ICC made the request after it issued an arrest warrant for al-Bashir in March 2009 on seven counts of war crimes and crimes against hum....... [more]
ICC requests explanation from Malawi for failure to arrest Sudan president
October 20, 2011
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Wednesday requested that the Republic of Malawi explain why that country's authorities failed to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir during his widely reported visit there for a trade summit last weekend. Pre-Trial Chamber I of the ICC issued a resoluti....... [more]
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