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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-03-05 11:55 PM
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Britain calls for human rights violators to be tried
February 4, 2005

London: Britain has said it wants perpetrators of atrocities in the rebel-hit Darfur region of western Sudan to be put on trial, ideally at the International Criminal Court in The Hague.

Reacting to the findings of a United Nations commission, British Foreign Secretary Jack Straw and International Development Secretary Hilary Benn said it was "clear that violations of international human rights and grave crimes against humanity have occurred" in Darfur.

"The commission's findings are appalling," they said, two days after the five-member panel accused Khartoum of gross and systematic human rights violations in Darfur, but stopped short of alleging genocide.

"We expect the perpetrators of these terrible crimes to be brought to justice," the two ministers said. "There should be no impunity for those involved in these heinous acts." <snip>

http://www.themercury.co.za/index.php?fSectionId=284&fArticleId=2398049
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merwin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Thu Feb-03-05 11:56 PM
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1. Rumsfeld and Gonzales first!!
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struggle4progress Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-04-05 12:11 AM
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4. Patience. First, the precedent. Later, the president. eom
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merwin Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-04-05 12:31 AM
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6. Oooh, i like that one!
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Pam-Moby Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-04-05 12:01 AM
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2. I agree!!!
The Chimp,Dumsfeld,Gonzo,and Chubby Chinney should be the top of their list!!!!
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LynnTheDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-04-05 12:01 AM
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3. And bush. And then onto Saudi Arabia and Uzbekistan and Pakistan
and gee, just about every nation bush calls his "good ally".
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ailsagirl Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Feb-04-05 12:30 AM
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5. I'd love to see the lot of them thrown into the dungeons-- forever
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