A senior prosecutor in Khartoum has said ousted president Omar al-Bashir and other Sudanese wanted on war crimes charges may not be turned in to the International Criminal Court, APA learnt on Tuesday.
Speaking on Monday, Tagelsir al-Hebir there may be no extradition for Sudanese citizens to the ICC since they may not necessarily appear in person at the Hague for trial.
Stopping short of referring to Bashir personally, Hebr, claimed there may be obstacles of a legal nature to extradite those wanted by the ICC.
He has not ruled out cooperating with the ICC on other matters.
Two ICC arrest warrants have been issued against Bashir for his alleged role in the killing of civilians during the conflict in the restive Sudanese region of Darfur in the early 2000s.
He faces genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity charges first brought against him in 2009.
Bashir who was ousted following violent protests last year, had dismissed the charges as nonsense.
Hebir’s remarks comes as Ali Kushayb, the man accused of playing a leading role in war crimes and crimes against humanity in western Darfur on Monday pleaded not guilty to the charges before the ICC.
Appearing before the ICC a week after he handed himself in at the Central African Republic, Kushayb maintained that he had committed no crime in Darfur.
Ali Kushayb who faces a 50-count charge of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur surfaced in the Central African Republic where he surrendered to the ICC last week.
He is accused of taking an active role in the conflict in Darfur between 2000 and 2004, prompting an arrest warrant against him in 2007.
The conflict in Darfur led to the death of an estimated 300,000 people and the displacement of millions more.
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