BBC, March 22 09 The chief prosecutor at the International Criminal Court has accused Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir of “exterminating” refugees by expelling international aid agencies. Luis Moreno-Ocampo said that by blocking aid the president was attacking the civilians in the giant camps that dot Darfur. He called for President Bashir to be arrested as soon [...]
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Ocampo Calls Bashir’s Expulsion of Aid Groups “Extermination”
Posted in News Updates, tagged Aid group expulsion, Bashir, Ocampo on March 22, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
UN Official Discusses Impact of Darfur Aid Group Expulsion
Posted in News Updates, tagged Aid, Aid group expulsion, Darfur, UN on March 21, 2009 | 1 Comment »
By Neil MacFarquhar, New York Times, 21 March 2009 UNITED NATIONS — The humanitarian situation in Darfur continues to deteriorate in the wake of Sudan’s decision to expel major foreign aid organizations from the country, a top United Nations official told the Security Council on Friday, with a majority of Council members sharply criticizing Khartoum [...]
Ocampo says aid group expulsion confirms court’s decision to indict Bashir
Posted in News Updates, tagged Aid group expulsion, Bashir, Darfur, ICC, Ocampo on March 21, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Associated Press, 21 March 2009 Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir’s expulsion of 13 foreign aid groups from Darfur proves that the International Criminal Court was right to pursue him on war crimes charges, the court’s chief prosecutor said Friday. The Netherlands-based court granted earlier this month Moreno-Ocampo’s request for a warrant for al-Bashir’s arrest on charges [...]
