SUDAN INSIGHT ALERT: Washington Post - If there is to be any peace in Sudan, there must be reckoning for the Darfur genocide
In a letter to the Washington Post’s editors, Ryan Brenner calls for the international community to pressure the military council and the planned sovereign council to demonstrate their commitment to Sudanese democratic transition by sending former president Omar Al Bashir to face trial at the International Criminal Court for the genocide in Darfur.
Arguing that peace is not possible without justice and accountability, Brenner argues that the recent power-sharing agreement is “straight out of [Al Bashir’s] playbook,” drawing similarities to the national consultations and the presidential elections, which were judged to temporarily satisfy the international community before the regime “endlessly” extended its power.