The rebel, Bahr Idriss Abu Garda, turned himself over to the court and, when asked for his profession, quietly replied that he was “a commander of a resistance movement.” The judge read him his rights and the charges: three counts of war crimes, including murder and pillaging.
The two other rebel leaders have yet to go to The Hague.
first time that an international court had brought a case focused exclusively on the killing of peacekeeper
Mr. Bashir called the
International Criminal Court in The Hague a hangover from the worst days of colonialism and its indictment of him a naked grab for Sudanese resources like oil.
said that if Mr. Bashir believed that he was wrongly accused he could answer the charges in court.
“He can certainly contest it,”
that Abu Garda is criminally responsible
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