Bashir defies ICC arrest warrants again as he attends Kenya’s party
STEPHEN MUDIARI | NATION Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir arrives at Uhuru Park, Nairobi, for Friday’s promulgation ceremony. President al-Bashir is wanted by the International Criminal Court at The Hague over war crimes and genocide in his country’s Darfur. Kenya declined to arrest him despite calls by rights groups.
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But Kenya says it would not seize him because ‘he is a State guest’
Sudan’s President Omar al-Bashir on Friday made a surprise appearance at the Uhuru Park celebrations, defying International Criminal Court arrest warrants against him.
The Sudanese leader is subject to two arrest warrants issued by the ICC over atrocities committed in Darfur in Sudan, but the Kenyan government said that it would not arrest him.
