Sudanese leaders to face war crimes charges over killings in Darfur
Summary from United States, from articles in English
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" Despite promises and denials, over the last five years, millions of civilians have been targeted by officials who vowed to protect them. (article 2)
In the report obtained earlier this week by The Associated Press, Moreno-Ocampo alleged that Sudan's "whole state apparatus" is implicated in crimes against humanity in the country's western Darfur region. (article 2)
The Nazi regime invoked its national sovereignty to attack its own population, and then crossed borders to attack people in other countries he told the council. (article 2)
" The evidence shows that the commission of such crimes on such a scale, over a period of five years, and throughout Darfur, has required the sustained mobilization of the entire Sudanese state apparatus.. (article 2)
KHARTOUM, Sudan (CNN) Sudan's entire state apparatus has been mobilized "to plan, commit, and cover up crimes" in the war-torn area of Darfur, a prosecutor for the International Criminal Court said Thursday. (article 1)
The court says Darfurians are attacked in their villages and in camps, citing rapes, bombings of schools and arrests of community leaders. (article 1)
Both face charges of murder, rape, forced displacement and other offenses during the Darfur crisis, which the United States characterizes as a genocide. (article 1)
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Darfur, Sudan, crimes, Ocampo, Sudanese |
Source articles
- Sudan accused of Darfur cover up (CNN, 06/05/2008, 785 words)
- World court prosecutor says Darfur a 'crime scene' (L.A. Times, 06/05/2008, 526 words)
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