Word: bashir
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...Africa—into a poster child for economic mismanagement. We wished Prime Minister Tsvangirai the best of luck in helping to restore some semblance of peace and prosperity to that troubled country.In March, the International Criminal Court made history by issuing an arrest warrant for Omar Hassan al-Bashir, the President of Sudan. The Sudanese government has been complicit in what some American officials have called a genocide in the western parts of their state, especially Darfur. While it is unlikely that the ICC’s verdict will ever be carried out, it marked an important step forward...
...Staff writer Asli A. Bashir can be reached at bashir@fas.harvard.edu...
...Arab League defends its stance by alleging that the ICC is politicized and that indicting Bashir is a cheap shot at destabilizing Sudan and grabbing its resources, particularly oil. Such a claim, free of substantial evidence to back it, seems to be taken from a James Bond movie and appears to be little more than conspiracy theory. Nor is it consistent with the Arab League’s recent decisions—when Lebanon demanded an international investigation and tribunal for the assassination of former Lebanese Prime Minister Rafik Hariri earlier last month, Arab leaders welcomed the beginning...
...perhaps expected, the nonchalance with which the great Western powers have dealt with the matter is at least as disturbing, given their official opposition to Bashir’s acts. Rather than boycotting the Arab summit, Secretary General Ban Ki Moon appeared and delivered only a brief denouncement of Bashir regarding his expulsion of 13 aid groups from the country. Indeed, the Western response has on the whole been lacking. Reaction from world leaders was limited to calls for the Sudanese government to respect the ruling of the ICC, so that Bashir was left to roam freely among the different...
While it is a shame that Arab leaders have supported Bashir, it is more alarming to see the Western world’s leaders sit idly by as Bashir roams free, still in power of the people he once massacred. We can only hope that our leaders’ inaction will not lead to another “never again” moment...