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I have been railing for years against the unfairness and incompetence of the International Criminal Court (ICC). I can cite such commentaries as “Alas, the ICC Charging Bashir of Sudan with Genocide Means Nothing!” July 15, 2008, “ICC Double Standards…,” June 29, 2011, “No Equitable Justice in ICC Prosecuting Kenya’s Kenyatta,” March 25, 2013, and… Read more.
Violence erupted after the re-election of Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta this week, leaving at least 24 people dead nationwide, a rights group said. … Kenyatta, the 55-year-old son of the country’s founding President, was declared the winner Friday, defeating veteran opposition leader Raila Odinga for a second five-year term. … Most of the demonstrators were… Read more.
Last week the International Criminal Court in The Hague (ICC) decided not to prosecute the president of Kenya for inciting ethnic violence that killed 1200 men, women, and children, and displaced 600,000. War crimes prosecutors dropped charges against Kenyan President Uhuru Kenyatta on Friday… Judges at the Hague-based court had on Wednesday given the prosecution… Read more.
I have duly commended the mission of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague to bring perpetrators of genocide, crimes against humanity, and war crimes to justice. But I have also questioned why ICC prosecutors appear to be racially profiling African leaders. After all, Africans are the only ones who have been indicted since… Read more.
Here, in part, is the reasonable doubt I expressed last year after the International Criminal Court (ICC) indicted Uhuru Kenyatta, son of Kenya’s founding father Jomo Kenyatta, on charges of crimes against humanity. I wonder what evidence the ICC possesses that ties Uhuru and the three other prominent Kenyans it indicted to the rapes and… Read more.
It’s simply impossible for any Westerner to fully appreciate the significance of the son of Jomo Kenyatta (1889-1978) being indicted yesterday by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on charges of “organizing a campaign of rape and murder” against political opponents. The closest analogy I suppose would be if Prince William were indicted on similar charges for… Read more.
