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South Africa: Govt to Face Contempt of Court Charges Over Bashir?
allAfrica, 16 June 2015
A South African legal NGO is "strongly considering" bringing contempt of court charges against government officials for allowing President Omar al-Bashir to leave the country on… Read more »
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Sudan: Bashir, Immunity, Impunity and South Africa
SAIIA, 15 June 2015
As I write this, President al-Bashir has left the country. He should never have risked coming and the South African government should have suspected that something like this might… Read more »
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Sudan: Darfur's Displaced Demand Trial of South African President
Dabanga, 16 June 2015
The internally displaced people living in camps in Darfur have praised the independent decision of the High Court in South Africa, which ruled that the government should have… Read more »
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South Africa: Bashir Visits SA - and Brings a Constitutional Crisis With Him
ISS, 15 June 2015
From the moment Omar al-Bashir's plane landed on South African soil there was always going to be trouble: diplomatic trouble; legal trouble; public relations trouble. And in his… Read more »
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South Africa: Human Rights Lobby Faults South Africa for Failure to Arrest Bashir
The Star, 16 June 2015
Failure to arrest Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir was a denial of justice to victims of the human rights violations he is accused of, a lobby group has said. Read more »
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Sudan: Al-Bashir - DA Slams 'Disgraceful' Government
News24Wire, 15 June 2015
The South African government has stooped to a "disgraceful" new low by allowing Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir to leave the country and violating a court order in the process,… Read more »
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Sudan: Judges Concerned By Violation of Al-Bashir Order
News24Wire, 15 June 2015
After instructing South Africa to arrest Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, a full bench of the High Court in Pretoria said on Monday that it was of concern that the government had… Read more »
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South Africa: SALC Considering Contempt Proceedings Against Govt in Bashir Case
News24Wire, 15 June 2015
The SA Litigation Centre (SALC) is considering contempt of court proceedings against the government departments that it believes allowed Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir to leave… Read more »
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South Africa: Govt Given a Week to Look Into Bashir Departure
News24Wire, 15 June 2015
The South African government confirmed that it would look into how Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir managed to leave the country in spite of a court order preventing this. Read more »
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Africa: Allowing Al-Bashir to Evade Justice Shows Total Disregard for the Law
AI London, 15 June 2015
The South African government's shocking failure to heed to its own court order and arrest Bashir is a betrayal to the hundreds of thousands of victims who were killed during the… Read more »
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South Africa: Government to Enquire the Circumstances of Sudanese President Departure
Govt of SA, 15 June 2015
Government notes the judgment of the North Gauteng High Court on the matter regarding Sudanese President Omar Al Bashir. Read more »
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South Africa: SA Government in Contempt of Court As Al-Bashir Departs
DA, 15 June 2015
The DA condemns the decision by the South African government to allow President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan to leave the country, despite a High Court order prohibiting his departure. Read more »
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South Africa: International Law Violated Once, Twice, Three Times - Analyst
News24Wire, 16 June 2015
South Africa had violated international law not once but at least three times with its treatment of Sudan's President Omar al-Bashir, said Professor Bonita Meyersfeld from the… Read more »
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South Africa: As Government Backtracks On Bashir, Civil Society Takes Action
ISS, 15 June 2015
The South African government was legally obliged to arrest Sudanese President Omar al-BashIr, who arrived in South Africa on 13 June to attend the African Union (AU) summit in… Read more »
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Sudan: Al-Bashir Court Action Opportunistic - Parliament Committee
News24Wire, 15 June 2015
The court action seeking to compel South African authorities to arrest Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir was opportunistic, Parliament's international relations and co-operation… Read more »
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South Africa: Govt Must Investigate Al-Bashir's Departure - Court
News24Wire, 15 June 2015
The South African government must investigate the departure of Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Monday, as the High Court in Pretoria ruled that he should, in fact, have been… Read more »
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Sudan: Bashir Returns Home, Defying Court Order
Al Jazeera, 15 June 2015
President Omar al-Bashir of Sudan has returned to his country, defying a South African judge's effort to prevent his departure on the basis of an International Criminal Court (ICC)… Read more »
South African Govt to Face Charges Over Sudan's Bashir?
An NGO is "strongly considering" bringing contempt of court charges against government officials for allowing President Omar al-Bashir to leave the country.
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A South African court ordered the government to detain President Omar al-Bashir on Monday. But he had already left an African Union summit in a hurry, flying out of a South African ... Read more »
