Sudan may face more charges for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide in Darfur, announced the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, Fatou Bensouda.
Fatou Bensouda told the United Nations Security Council that war crimes including bombings, bombardments, the blocking of humanitarian aid and direct attacks on civilian populations, continued to be committed by Sudan.
The Security Council ambassadors requested strong efforts to arrest indicted war criminal Al-Bashir and several others to trial.
“The failure of the government of Sudan to implement the five arrest warrants seems symbolic of its on-going commitment to a military solution in Darfur, which has translated into a strategy aimed at attacking civilian populations over the last 10 years, with tragic results,” Bensouda told the Council.
“It should be clear to this council that the government of Sudan is neither prepared to hand over the suspects nor to prosecute them for their crimes,” she also said.
Bensouda’s condemnation of the Sudanese government comes as Human Rights Watch reported indiscriminate bombing of civilian populations by the Sudanese government, and Sudanese security forces detained one of the country's most prominent opposition politicians, Farouk Abu Issa after he attended an opposition party forum, reported Reuters.
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