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Written By: Mohammed al-Qiri
Article Date: Jul 21, 2008 - 7:54:17 AM
The ICC decision met with enraged protests amongst Sudanese expatriates living in Yemen.
Thousands of Sudanese in Yemen have demanded a cancellation of the decision of the International Criminal Court to charge Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir with war crimes.
Many demonstrators gathered to in front of the Sudanese Embassy in Sana’a to protest the decision. The Sudanese position, announced in many media outlets, is a complete rejection of this decision that has no legal grounds, as Sudan never recognized the charter of the court.
This is in addition to the General Attorney to this day has never paid a visit to Darfur, and the source of his info is from sources hostile to Sudan and its Government, particularly Jewish orgs in the US, which plan many conspiracies against Sudan,” said Ambassador Mohammed Adam Ismail.
The ambassador said that the ultimate aim of this call is to defame the reputation of Sudan and exploit the case of Darfur as a means to shake up stability in Sudan, as the President Omar al-Bashir represents the sovereignty o f the state, who has signed a Complete Peace Agreement (CPA) to end a war of 20 years, and any assaults on the government will result in the collapse of this peace, which the US witnessed.
“We reject this decision because it applies double standards. We admit that there are problems in Darfur, but does it really threaten international security compared with what is happening in Iraq and Afghanistan? The double standard is being applied noly to week countries.
“ The Ambassador recognized that some Sudanese opposition groups abroad who exaggerated the matter, but he questioned the reliability of these sources, and urged the court to listen to both sides of the story. The Ambassador stressed “The accusations of genocide against the Sudanese Government are false. International observers, such as Kofi Anan, have confirmed that the violence is limited to tribal fighting and an insurgency against the government.”
