Sudan: International Court Seeks More Information On Arrest Warrants for Darfur Rebels

10 December 2008

The pre-trial chamber of the International Criminal Court (ICC) today has asked prosecutors to submit additional information regarding their request for arrest warrants for three rebel commanders for their role in last year's deadly attack against peacekeepers in the war-ravaged Sudanese region of Darfur.

Some 1,000 rebels attacked the Haskanita camp in South Darfur state on 29 September 2007, killing 12 peacekeepers serving with the African Union Mission in Sudan (AMIS) - a predecessor to the joint UN-AU peacekeeping mission, known as UNAMID- and wounding eight others.

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