Sudan: Prosecutor Denies Arrival of ICC Delegation

18 February 2020

The Hague / Khartoum — The office of the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda, has categorically denied reports that an ICC delegation has arrived in Khartoum to discuss a handover of deposed dictator Omar Al Bashir and four others indicted by the Court for war crimes and genocide. Sudan's Minister of Culture and Information has echoed this denial.

In a statement on Tuesday to Radio Dabanga in reply to questions regarding the reports, which appeared in Sudanese news channels on Monday and spread fast via social media overnight, the ICC prosecutor's office acknowledges: "There is currently much speculation and misleading media reports regarding the Sudan situation at ICC. The Office wishes to clarify that it is incorrect that there is an ICC delegation in Khartoum at this time."

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