Sudanese President Omar Hassan al-Bashir, wanted by the International Criminal Court on genocide charges, arrived in Libya on Saturday, drawing criticism from a human rights group.
Bashir, wanted by The Hague-based court on charges of orchestrating genocide in the Darfur region of Sudan, was met by Mustafa Abdul Jalil, chairman of Libya’s ruling National Transitional Council, at Tripoli airport, a Libyan official, who asked not to be named, told Reuters.
“Welcoming Bashir … raises questions about the NTC’s stated commitment to human rights and the rule of law,” Richard Dicker, international justice director at Human Rights Watch, said in a statement.
“Following the end of decades of brutal rule in Libya, it is disturbing if Tripoli hosts a head of state on the run from international arrest warrants for grave human rights violations.”
Abdul Jalil, who visited Khartoum in November, has said Sudanese weapons and ammunition helped Libya’s former rebels oust Muammar Gaddafi last year and take control of the North African country.
Relations between Khartoum and Tripoli were strained during Gaddafi’s rule because of his support for rebels in Sudan’s western Darfur region and in South Sudan, which gained independence in July under a 2005 peace deal.
Bashir is under increasing pressure at home after his country lost much of its oil production to the south. The loss of revenue is fuelling inflation, hitting hard Sudanese who have suffered years of conflict.
Source: Reuters
Assalamou alykoum,
What an hypocrisy!
Where was Libyan “human rights” groups uproar when war criminal Mc Cain or Barack Obama visited Libya?
Barack Obama directly order the carpet bombing of North Waziristan that resulted in the killing of more than 3000 innocent women and childrens!
Mc Cain is behind the worst massacre of this century => Iraq illegal war.
How can you be so immoral to welcome Obama with open arms and reject Omar Bashir?
Disgusting ! Disgusting ! Disgusting !
Marwan = Islamic Fascist Jihadist Propagandist
I love when westerners come to tell Arab who they are and who they are not.
We’re so stupid, please help us…
Idiot.
Everyone else except for France & Qatar and a few others like Sudan refused to give Libyan Rebels weapons.
Too late to complain now you little HYP-OCRITES!
You don’t help to bake the cake then you got no right to say anything:
Rights Groups G T F O!