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| Today: 09 February 2010 Time: 08:26 PM |
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| Sudanese gov''t downplays ICC call for Bashir''s arrest next month |
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| Politics 11/21/2009 9:15:00 PM |
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KHARTOUM, Nov 21 (KUNA) -- The Sudanese government downplayed on Saturday
calls made by Amnesty International (AI) to arrest Sudanese President Omar
Al-Bashir during his participation next month in climate summit hosted by
Denmark.
AI calls echoed its hostile stance toward Sudan, and the invitation to
attend the summit is extended to the Sudanese government not the Sudanese
President, Sudanese minister of state in the information ministry Kamal Obaid
said in a press release.
Earlier, Christopher Keith Hall, the Senior Legal Adviser at Amnesty
International said that Denmark needs to make it clear that it will arrest
President Al-Bashir if he travels to Copenhagen.
"The International Criminal Court needs the cooperation of its member
states. Under the Rome Statute, which established the ICC, Denmark has a duty
to arrest and surrender any person within its territory who is subject to an
arrest warrant issued by the ICC," Hall added.
The ICC issued an arrest warrant against Al-Bashir for war crimes and
crimes against humanity in Darfur earlier this year. (end)
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