Genocide Prevention Advisory Network

Nuclear Iran: Holocaust in the Making
Huffington Post Canada (blog)
Abdul Rahim Mohammed Hussein -- both indicted by the International Criminal Court for complicity with the genocide in Darfur. Yet, none of these men have been arrested -- as Sudan refuses to recognize the jurisdiction of the ICC and will not surrender ...

Turkish hostages freed in Darfur
Sudan Tribune
More than twenty-two foreigners, mainly Westerners, were kidnapped since March 2008 after Sudan's president Omar Al-Bashir was issued an arrest warrant by the International Criminal Court (ICC) against the background of atrocities committed in Darfur.

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A diplomat, a dictator, a wedding, a hug: Ibrahim Gambari's faux-pas that wasn't
Daily Maverick
That's what happened to Ibrahim Gambari, the UN's man in Darfur, when he ran into Sudan's President Bashir at a glitzy wedding in Khartoum. But here's the thing: hugs and socialising are part of diplomacy, and might be what's needed to keep the ...

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02.02.12 - ICC/SUDAN - RIGHTS GROUP SLAMS UN DIPLOMAT FOR SOCIALIZING WITH AL ...
Hirondelle
Arusha, February 2, 2012 (FH) - Human Rights Watch has slammed the UN-African Union special representative in Darfur for socializing with ICC-wanted genocide suspect President Omar Al-Bashir of Sudan, and called for the UN to take action.

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This man... Luis Moreno Ocampo
The Star
Inevitably, in thenext two years, Uganda, Democratic Republic of Congo and CentralAfrican Republic referred their cases to ICC. In March 2005, theSecurity Council referred the case of Darfur. But it was not untilMarch 2006 that the ICC took its first ...

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Daily Nation
UN cautions its Darfur envoy over Bashir encounter
Reuters Africa
UNITED NATIONS (Reuters) - The United Nations has told its top official in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region to avoid encounters like one last month when he met Sudan's president - wanted by the International Criminal Court - at a wedding, a UN spokesman ...
UNAMID chief told to avoid unnecessary contact with Bashir, Khartoum again ...Sudan Tribune
PKO head chided for meeting Sudan's BashirUPI.com
Sudan: Human Rights Watch protests UN official's contact with Sudanese leaderAfrique en Ligue
Radio Dabanga -AllAfrica.com -Inner City Press
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Sudan is heading towards a perfect African Haboob
Sudan Tribune
The historic town of Tagali, in the State of Southern Kordofan, which saw the birth of the Mahdi's led revolt at the turn of the 20th century, is seeing a different kind of crisis; its commissioner who has rebelled against International Criminal Court ...

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UN cautions its Darfur envoy over Bashir encounter
Reuters Africa
UNITED NATIONS Feb 1 (Reuters) - The United Nations has told its top official in Sudan's war-torn Darfur region to avoid encounters like one last month when he met Sudan's president - wanted by the International Criminal Court - at a wedding, ...

Africa: AU to challenge ICC ruling on Bashir's immunity at UN Court
Afrique en Ligue
Efforts to delay the trial of the Sudanese leader at the ICC have been unsuccessful at the Security Council although most African states have stuck to the principle of non-cooperation with the ICC as long as the Darfur peace process remains unresolved.
AU may ask ICJ for opinion on Bashir's immunity from ICC prosecutionSudan Tribune

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HRW asks UN Secretary General to query UNAMID chief on attending wedding with ...
Sudan Tribune
He was shown in photos exchanging talks with Bashir who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for allegedly orchestrating war crimes and genocide in Darfur. Hilal is also subject to travel and financial sanctions imposed by the United ...

AU may ask ICJ for opinion on Bashir's immunity from ICC prosecution
Sudan Tribune
Bashir is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in connection with war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide allegedly committed in Sudan's western region of Darfur since the conflict broke out between the central government in ...
Africa: AU to challenge ICC ruling on Bashir's immunity at UN CourtAfrique en Ligue

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Ethiopia: African Dictators: Can't Run, Can't Hide!
EthioGuardian.com
Five other suspects are also sought on ICC warrants in the Sudan including Ahmed Haroun, a lawyer and minister of humanitarian affairs, Ali Kushayb, a former senior Janjaweed (local militiamen allied with the Sudanese regime against Darfur rebels), ...

Beware, Khartoum Leaders Are Becoming Crazier
AllAfrica.com
By Editorial, 29 January 2012 When the Second Vice President of Sudan Al Haj Adam Youssef who is also the senior advisor to the Janjaweed terrorists group in Darfur was quoted by Sudan Tribune website of Friday 27th January, 2012 as issuing a threat on ...

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Nazret.com
African Dictators: Can't Run, Can't Hide! By Alemayehu G Mariam
Abugidainfo
Five other suspects are also sought on ICC warrants in the Sudan including Ahmed Haroun, a lawyer and minister of humanitarian affairs, Ali Kushayb, a former senior Janjaweed (local militiamen allied with the Sudanese regime against Darfur rebels), ...
28.01.12 - ICC/AFRICA - CIVIL SOCIETY ORGANIZATIONS URGE AFRICAN UNION TO ...Hirondelle
Civil Organisations urge African government's to support ICCThe Standard

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Telegraph.co.uk
Africa: Ban introduces new ICC prosecutor, urges cooperation
Afrique en Ligue
Later, at a news conference, Ban said the Sudanese leader was a 'serious impediment to the UN peacekeeping efforts in Darfur.” “Bashir has to cooperate. He is a serious impediment to the peacekeepers. He has put restrictions on the movement of the ...
VOA Interview with UN Sec-Gen Ban Ki-moonVoice of America

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Al-Arabiya
The real conspiracy in Syria
Al-Arabiya
Al-Dabi served as the head of military intelligence for Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, who is wanted by the ICC for war crimes committed in the Darfur region. Therefore it was no wonder that al-Dabi, with his background, did not see anything wrong ...

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Daily Monitor
For Africans, the ICC is more about politics than delivering justice
Daily Monitor
Basing on the just concluded ruling on the Ocampo Six suspects in connection with the Kenyan post-election violence, Saturday Monitor analyses ICC's actions against Africans. Are they aimed at satisfying political egos or delivering justice?

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Inner City Press
UN Spins Gambari Greeting ICC Indictee Bashir at Reception As "African Tradition"
Inner City Press
By Matthew Russell Lee UNITED NATIONS, January 27 -- After publishing photographs of UN - African Union envoy to Darfur Ibrahim Gambari with Omar al-Bashir, indicted by the International Criminal Court for genocide and war crimes, Inner City Press ...

Africa: Letter to Foreign Ministers of African States Parties to the ICC
AllAfrica.com
Our organizations note that the ICC is not on the formal agenda of the AU Assembly at the upcoming summit. The summit is however an opportunity for gathered African states parties to informally exchange observations about recent developments and ...

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Kenyan judge formally issues provisional arrest warrant for Sudanese president
Sudan Tribune
Kenya is a member of the International Criminal Court (ICC) which in 2009 & 2010 issued two arrest warrants for Bashir on ten counts of war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide he allegedly committed in Sudan's western region of Darfur.

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