SA Hatched Plot to Allow Al-Bashir’s Escape
Omar al-Bashir President Jacob Zuma and four Cabinet ministers hatched a plot to ensure Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir’s safe travel out of South Africa, it was reported on Friday. Al-Bashir slipped out of the country moments before judges in the High Court in Pretoria ordered he be arrested. The Sudanese leader was in Johannesburg to […]
Al-Bashir’s SA Experience a Reminder of His ‘Pariah Status’
The attempt to arrest al-Bashir is the first time a court in an ICC member state has come to answering the question whether a sitting head of state can be detained and handed over to the ICC. Sudan President Omar al-Bashir’s decision to leave South Africa speedily to avoid arrest on an International Criminal Court […]
Botswana Government Welcomes Ruling On Al-Bashir
Botswana government welcomes North Gauteng High Court ruling that called for incarceration of Sudanese President, Omar al-Bashir in South Africa owing to an outstanding warrant of arrest against him by the International Criminal Court (ICC). President Al-Bashir has been indicted by the ICC for allegedly committing crimes against humanity and genocide in Darfur, in which […]
African Union Not ICC Headquarters: Mugabe
THE African Union is not the International Criminal Court headquarters and there is no way it would have allowed the arrest of Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir during its 25th General Assembly in South Africa, President Mugabe has said. Addressing a Press conference at the Sandton Convention Centre in Johannesburg at midnight on Monday, the AU […]
South Africa Violates International Law
South Africa had violated international law not once but at least three times with its treatment of Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir, said Professor Bonita Meyersfeld from the Centre for Applied Legal Studies at Wits University. “The first violation was when South Africa allowed him in in the first place and did not arrest him. South […]
South Africa’s ANC Slams ICC Over Al-Bashir
South Africa’s ruling party, the African National Congress, yesterday expressed shock at the interim order granted by the High Court in Pretoria, that sought to prevent Sudan President Omar Al-Bashir from leaving Johannesburg pending the hearing of an urgent application brought by the Southern African Litigation Centre, compelling authorities to arrest him on the strength […]
President Bashir Flees South Africa
President Omar al-Bashir left the African Union summit early and Monday and flew out of South Africa from Pretoria’s main air force base, a leading South African military correspondent reported on Monday. His reported departure came as three judges of the North Gauteng High Court in Pretoria were considering an application from a civil society […]
Bashir Travels to SA Despite ICC Warrant
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir has travelled to South Africa to attend an African Union summit, despite being the subject of an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant. The court issued the arrest warrant in 2009, accusing Bashir of war crimes and crimes against humanity related to the conflict in Darfur. He denies the charges. Bashir […]
SA Court Asked to Order Bashir’s Arrest On Genocide Charges
A human rights group today asked a South African court to order the arrest of Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir, who is reported to have arrived in the country for the African Union summit being held in Johannesburg. A representative of the Southern African Litigation Centre (SALC) confirmed to AllAfrica that it had secured a hearing […]
Sudan Calls for Omar al-Bashir to Be Arrested in SA
Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir must be arrested if he arrives in South Africa for the African Union summit in Johannesburg, two organisations said on Friday. The Democratic Alliance and the Southern Africa Litigation Centre (SALC) want to secure a warrant of arrest for Bashir. He was reportedly expected to arrive in South Africa on Saturday. […]
