|
BBC News website readers in Sudan have been sending us their reaction to the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court against President Omar al-Bashir.
Sudan has dismissed the warrant as a "neo- colonialist" move to destabilise it and has expelled several foreign aid agencies.
Mr Bashir is accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. It is the first such warrant served against a serving head of state.
Read some of the comments we have received:
The issue is not whether Omar al-Bashir is guilty or not, and by all means any individual that is responsible for genocide should be legally charged; but this is an internal affair in a sovereign country with a judicial system. If the international community is concerned about the situation in Darfur, they should be even more concerned about the safely and the stability of Sudan as a whole once such a warrant has been issued. The safety and stability of the whole country is at stake.
Mohammad Khartoum
The presidency of any nation, whether that nation is the US or Sudan, is an institution which is over and above any one person. This arrest warrant against President Bashir is an assault on the constitution of Sudan, its presidency, all the institutions that serve to uphold its constitution and more importantly its an assault on its people. For a group of lawyers sitting in Europe to believe that they know better and that they are over and above the sovereignty of a nation is an insult to its people.
Ali, Khartoum
He must be arrested and there is no excuse for that no matter what. To those who said and usually say that it will have impact in the region, I say that is completely a lie. The South - North agreement was not by individuals, it was signed by the parties, that is the NCP where Bashir belongs, and the SPLM. This indictment is not a regime change. However, the parties which are the partners of the CPA must remain committed. Take a look of what happened, John Garang died and the SPLM remain committed.
John Malou, Khartoum
The ICC should only arrest Bashir if they are willing to issue arrest warrants for the rebel leaders in Darfur who have participated in equally abhorrent crimes against civilians and other Darfuri militias. In addition, warrants should also be issued against the current leadership in South Sudan who committed massacres against other ethnic groups during civil war and whose policies of training child soldiers killed thousands of Sudanese children in refugee/IDP camps. That would be justice.
Brian, Khartoum
|
One-Minute World News
~RS~a~RS~International~RS~q~RS~~RS~z~RS~22~RS~){kind=small}
~RS~q~RS~~RS~z~RS~22~RS~)
E-mail this to a friend
Printable version
Road obstacles
One-minute World News
© MMIX
Bookmark with:
What are these?