The International Criminal Court issued arrest warrants for Sudanese president.

KommentariiGaagsky 13.02.2009Mezhdunarodny false criminal court postponed the arrest of President SudanaMezhdunarodny Criminal Court in The Hague on March 4 issued a warrant for the arrest of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir, said AFP. He is charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity. This is the first issuance of the International Criminal Court arrest warrants for the current chapter gosudarstva.Kak RIA Novosti, the representatives of the Ministry of Foreign Affairs expressed concern at the decision of the ICC. From the viewpoint of Russian diplomats, the issuance of arrest warrants for the sovereign heads of state may exacerbate the situation in Sudan. The decision to arrest al-Bashir does not support as China, Libya, and several Arab and African States.
Russian President's Special Representative for Sudan Michael Margelov called the decision to the ICC "a dangerous precedent in international relations." Sam, Omar al-Bashir in a speech before his supporters declared the intention to ignore the decision of the ICC, and said that a warrant would not be cost of ink, which will be spent on it. Sudan does not intend to give the president the international court.
Opponents of al-Bashir in Darfur met the decision to issue a warrant for his arrest endorsement and said that if he is innocent, he should stand trial and prove his innocence. From the perspective of European human rights, brutal suppression of the uprising in Darfur in 2003 and civil war led to the deaths of 200 thousand people. Al-Bashir's administration believes that many victims do not exceeding 10 thousand.
ICC Chief Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo (Luis Moreno-Ocampo) require the issuance of a warrant in the summer of 2008. In February, it was informally reported that the ICC has already made the decision to arrest al-Bashir, but it was overturned.