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 Re: رئيس الجمعية العامة للأمم المتحدة: قرار توقيف البشير ضربة قاصمة للعدالة الدولية وسيادة الق (Re: Frankly)
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Khartoum - A crowd of several thousand supporters rallied in the Sudan capital Khartoum on Thursday to express solidarity with President Omar al-Bashir, a day after the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant against him for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity.
An aid worker in Khartoum, speaking to Deutsche Presse-Agentur dpa on condition of anonymity, said that 'hundreds of thousands' demonstrated in support of al-Bashir on the streets of the capital on Thursday morning, but that the city was quiet by afternoon.
In footage of the rally broadcast on the Arab satellite channel al-Jazeera, al-Bashir appeared dancing and waving his trademark cane in the air in front of the crowd.
'The real criminals are the leaders of the United States and Europe,' al-Bashir told supporters.
Al-Bashir, speaking to reporters after a meeting of the Sudanese cabinet earlier on Thursday, said that the Netherlands-based court warrant was 'not only against Sudan, but against all countries that reject the policy of dictation.'
UN General Assembly President Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann, speaking from Geneva
, on Thursday condemned the international court's decision.
'I am sorry about the decision of the ICC. It is more a decision motivated by political considerations than really for the sake of advancing the cause of justice in the world,' UN General Assembly President Miguel d'Escoto Brockmann said in Geneva.
He said it was 'absurd' to have ignored calls by the African Union not to issue the warrant. There were 'a few people with a very dubious past' who 'put themselves on a pedestal of purity and immaculate behaviour.'
A second aid worker in Khartoum, also speaking on condition of anonymity, told dpa that demonstrators had thrown stones at the UN Development Programme's office and the US Embassy in Khartoum on Wednesday, but that these were 'minor incidents.'
She said she expected larger demonstrations on Friday, after afternoon prayers.
On Thursday the British charity Oxfam confirmed it was among 10 international humanitarian groups ordered to leave Sudan shortly after judges issued the arrest warrant.
Penny Lawrence, Oxfam's International Director, said the withdrawal of its registration would affect more than 600,000 people who were being given 'vital humanitarian and development aid, including clean water and sanitation on a daily basis.'
Sudanese Deputy Minister of Justice Abdel-Daim Zomrawi accused Oxfam, Doctors Without Borders, the Norwegian Refugee Council, and other aid organisations of 'inciting hatred among tribes and disseminating lies.'
Lawrence on Thursday denied that Oxfam had any connection to the International Criminal Court.
Read more: "Thousands rally in support of defiant Bashir in Khartoum (Roundup)" - http://www.monstersandcritics.com/news/africa/news/arti...ndup__#ixzz091dWHFTa
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