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Sep 16 2008

Holocaust Scholars Urge Prosecution of Sudan’s President for Genocide

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Via WashingtonPost:

Some 130 Holocaust scholars appealed Monday to International Criminal Court prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo to pursue his indictment of Sudan’s president on charges of genocide in Darfur, saying said the prosecution of Omar al-Bashir would “deter future atrocities.” Moreno-Ocampo requested an arrest warrant for al-Bashir in July. The Arab League and the African Union have sought a UN resolution to suspend the indictment against the Sudanese leader.

“The governments that are trying to protect al-Bashir should be ashamed of themselves,” said Rafael Medoff, director of the Washington-based David S. Wyman Institute for Holocaust Studies which organized the appeal.

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