The chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court is accusing the Sudanese government of ongoing genocide and crimes against humanity in Darfur. On Wednesday, Luis Moreno-Ocampo said a recent review has found new evidence against indicted Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir.
Luis Moreno-Ocampo: “On the crimes investigated about President Bashir, nothing changed. On the contrary, what we see is the incidents in the last six months show that the genocide continues. And that is something we try to see what else can be done.”
Bashir has rejected his indictment and vowed to never surrender. The Sudanese ambassador to the United Nations, Daffa-Alla Elhag Ali Osman, said the ICC is ignoring crimes committed by Darfurian rebels.
Daffa-Alla Elhag Ali Osman: “The linkage between the Security Council and the ICC jeopardizes the international justice. We told all the members that we are keen, more than anybody else, to put an end to this conflict. Unfortunately, we haven’t heard a single — or we didn’t see a single mention in the report blaming the rebels who initiated the killings and who played havoc in Darfur, who killed thousands, or hundreds of thousands of innocent people.”