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Trial of Alleged Sudan War Criminal Sends Strong Signal, Prosecutor says

Salem Solomon

   WASHINGTON - After more than a decade on the run, alleged Sudanese war
   criminal Ali Kushayb sat in a courtroom in the Netherlands this week,
   accused of commanding Janjaweed fighters who raped, tortured and killed
   civilians in Darfur.

   Fatou Bensouda, the chiefprosecutor for the International Criminal
   Court (ICC), said Kushayb's surrender earlier this month in the Central
   African Republic and his transfer to face charges in the Hague are
   signals to war criminals around the world that they cannot hide
   forever.

   "I believe that his transfer is a very clear and unequivocal message
   that no matter how long it takes, we will not stop, my office will not
   stop our work, until these alleged perpetrators of the Rome Statute
   crimes have been brought to justice," Bensouda told VOA via Skype.

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