SUDAN NEWS ALERT: AP - ICC prosecutor: Sudan authorities should handover ex-leader

19/6/19: AP - ICC prosecutor: Sudan authorities should handover ex-leader, by Edith M. Lederer

 AP reports that Fatou Bensouda, the chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, urged Sudan’s transitional authorities on Wednesday to hand over or prosecute ousted President Omar Al Bashir and four others for alleged war crimes in Darfur.

 Bensouda told the UN Security Council that she is ready to work with authorities “to ensure that the Darfur suspects face independent and impartial justice” either at the ICC in The Hague, Netherlands, or in Sudan if its court meets international standards.

 Bensouda said she didn’t underestimate “the complexity and fluidity of the events unfolding in Sudan,” but declared it was now time to act and ensure that the ICC suspects face justice.