Omar al-Bashir the Sudanese President ....
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| Omar Al-Bashir |
.... has visited five Arab countries since the International Criminal Court (ICC) issued an international warrant for his arrest.
The court indicted Mr Bashir of orchestrating genocidal atrocities against Muslim civilians in Darfur, where his Arab-led government has been battling black African Muslim rebels since 2003.
The Arab League, many African states, and Sudan's key ally China, have called for the ICC proceedings to be suspended, and indeed President Omar al-Bashir has just attended an Arab League summit in Qatar, where he received strong support from Arab leaders all of whom are signatories to the ICC.
Contrast this with former Yugoslav President Slobodan Milosevic who was hunted across the Balkans, and was a pariah until arrested. In the West we respect the law, whereas in the Arab and African world, "the strong man" is above the law, and that is why we live in civilised democracies, and why the Arab world has not one practising democracy, and Africa is a basket case.
Update: Following various government changes and a coup, during which he was deposed, on 11 February 2020, Sudan's ruling military council agreed to hand over the ousted al-Bashir to the ICC in The Hague to face charges of crimes against humanity in Darfur.
And NoBrainer wants to have dialogue with these people.
ReplyDeleteActually 'Obama' is busy trying to back track on many of his promises, so don't expect that he will offer the arabs too much.
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