EDITOR’S NOTE: Meles Zenawi, Azeb Mesfin, Sebhat Nega and their Woyanne criminal gang no doubt will face justice similarly for their crimes against the people of Ethiopian and Somalia. It’s only a matter of time.
(UN News Service) NEW YORK — Belgian authorities today transferred Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, charged by the International Criminal Court (ICC) with multiple counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including murder and rape, to the Court’s detention centre in The Hague.
Mr. Bemba – President and Commander in Chief of the Mouvement de libération du Congo (MLC), an armed group that intervened in the 2002-2003 armed conflict in the Central African Republic (CAR) – is alleged to be criminally responsible for five counts of war crimes and three counts of crimes against humanity committed on the territory of the CAR from 25 October 2002 to 15 March 2003.
“Justice is coming for the victims, for the victims of the Central African Republic, for the victims of massive sexual violence worldwide,” ICC Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo said, welcoming the transfer of Mr. Bemba.
He thanked the Belgian authorities for their efforts relating to the arrest and transfer of Mr. Bemba. “The case of Jean-Pierre Bemba is a text book example of how cooperation should work; it is such cooperation, by all States parties, which makes this Court, 10 years after the adoption of the Rome Statute, a reality,” he said.
Mr. Bemba’s initial appearance before the Pre-Trial Chamber is scheduled for tomorrow.
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Well said and commented from EthioReview above.
In my opinion not only these couples of the throne holders of the TPLF, but also “President” Girma W.giorgis, Dr. Negasso Gida should also face justice. Because they have closed their eyes when our brothers & sisters in Gambela face genocide. In addition to this they have equally facilitated the tribal and ethno-centric politics of Woyane/Ehadeg.
There was no time recorded in Ethiopian history that so many people were persecuted, arrested arbitrarilly, dismissd from their work, displaced from their farming areas, exposed to hunger and malnutrition,etc.
Th whole package of government officials are collaborators of these wrong doings.
Even the holy Ethiopian orthodox Tewahedo church is degraded to an ordinary church due to violating age-old dogma of the church. Besides Aba GebreMeding will be demanded to return the properties of the church in cash and in asset. He and his disciples are still hoarding properties of the church for self-enriching.
The situation in Ethiopia requires a democratic nation-wide revoltion to resolve our problems. Not less not more!
The International Criminal Court (ICC or ICCt) was established in 2002 as a permanent tribunal to prosecute individuals for genocide, crimes against humanity, war crimes, and the crime of aggression, although it cannot currently exercise jurisdiction over the crime of aggression.
1. THE ANUAK GENOCIDE: On December 13, 2003, in by far the largest single incident in the genocide of the Anuak, more than 400 Anuak were killed by uniformed soldiers of the Ethiopian Defense Force, according to dozens of eyewitnesses. The killings have continued until this day and have caused more than 10,000 Anuak refugees to flee across the Ethiopia-Sudan border to the area near Pocalla, Sudan, where there is presently a humanitarian emergency due to low food and medical supplies.
2. Human Rights Watch, a respected and credible human rights advocacy group, in its well-documented report has accused the tyrannical regime of Meles Zenawi to have had committed crime against humanity in the region of Ogaden on a report issued June the 12th 2008.
According to the report, many villages have been burned down. Children, elderly women and men have been brutalized by the Meles Zenawi army. Women have been raped, people have been forcibly displaced and their properties confiscated. Human Rights Watch clearly states that Meles and his cohorts should be held responsible for grave violations of human rights and crime against humanity.
3. Human Rights Watch accused the transitional government in Somalia and the Ethiopian troops that helped bring it to power of committing war crimes in Somalia, saying Ethiopian troops had shelled hospitals, Somali officials had blocked aid convoys and both forces had shown wanton indifference toward civilians. In a scathing 113-page report on the bloodshed in Somalia, Human Rights Watch also blamed Somali insurgents for summary executions and mutilating bodies.
4. According to 10-member inquiry commission, Meles Zenawi is responsible for killing 193 peaceful protesters against election fraud in 2005.
5. and more and more crime.
Thank you Elias for writing this article on African war crimes suspect transferred to Int’l Criminal Court.
God Bless You !!!