Breaking news from the International Criminal Court (ICC): Accused presented to court judges for arrest warrants over genocide in Sudan
Mirm News – The Hague17-Jan-2025
Mirm News has received news from a reliable source that Mr. Karim Khan, the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) and his team intend to submit a set of names of accused persons to the ICC judges’ table, as they are believed to be involved in cases of war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and ethnic cleansing in Western Sudan.
The ICC prosecutor, Mr. Karim Khan, is likely to deliver his annual address to the UN Security Council announcing new arrest warrants for some of Sudan’s war criminals, if the ICC judges agree.
The ICC has issued a series of arrest warrants for Sudanese officials accused of committing war crimes, crimes against humanity, genocide and ethnic cleansing in the Darfur region, led by Omar Hassan Ahmed al-Bashir, the Sudanese president ousted in 2019 by a popular uprising.
The US Treasury Department, following the UN Security Council’s designation late last year, placed a number of RSF commanders on the sanctions list, including Abdel Rahman Juma Barakalla (Barakalla), a commander of the RSF in West Darfur. On Tuesday, January 7, 2025, US Secretary of State Antony Blinken announced that his department recognizes that genocide has occurred in Sudan and places Janjaweed leader Mohamed Hamdan Daglo Musa (Hemedti), members of his family, and seven UAE-based RSF-owned companies on the sanctions list under Section 7031(c) with accountability measures.
The Treasury Department’s Office of Foreign Assets Control (OFAC) also imposed sanctions on Abdel Fattah al-Burhan (al-Burhan), commander of the Sudanese Armed Forces, under Executive Order 14098, “in addition to imposing sanctions on certain individuals who are destabilizing Sudan and undermining the goal of democratic transition.” This action follows the designation of RSF commander Mohamed Hamdan Daglo Moussa (Hemedti) on the sanctions list on January 7, 2025. OFAC also sanctioned one company and one individual involved in arms procurement on behalf of the Defense Industries System (DIS), the procurement arm of the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF), which OFAC sanctioned in June 2023.
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