Al-Bashir's lawyer: Handing over the wanted criminal to "aggression and revenge"

Abu Bakr Hashem Al-Jali, the lawyer of the ousted Sudanese President Omar Al-Bashir, considered today, Wednesday, that the agreement to hand over the wanted persons from the International Criminal Court, including his client, "a political aggression and revenge."

In an interview with Anadolu Agency, Al-Jali said, "No official news has come to our knowledge, and the government, represented in the Sovereign and Council of Ministers, has agreed to hand over the wanted persons to the criminal court."

He continued, "But assuming that the government agreed to this during negotiations with the armed movements, this decision will have major security and political implications for Sudan."

On Tuesday, Sudanese officials indicated that the ruling sovereign council agreed with some of the rebel factions to hand Bashir and three of his aides to the court, which is based in The Hague, for their role in the conflict in the western region of Darfur.

Expedite delivery
Bashir is wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of murder, genocide, forced deportation, torture and rape that killed hundreds of thousands of people during the conflict in Darfur that erupted in 2003.

Al-Jali added, "I assure that Sudan will not be the same before the handover, if the handover takes place, and the political and security conditions will not be as it is, and the reason for that is clear, which is that the wanted people are Sudanese citizens, and there is nothing that compels or obliges the government to prosecute them outside the country."

He added, "If there is an objection to the trial of any crime, because Bashir was president, or that the wanted people were occupying positions that prevented their trial, then this is now negated and there is no longer any justification for trying any Sudanese outside Sudan."

Al-Bashir's lawyer said that diligence in the extradition order is "political aggression and revenge and will be matched with what it deserves."

For its part, Amnesty International today urged Khartoum to expedite the extradition of Bashir to the International Criminal Court.

"The Sudanese authorities must translate these statements into actions and hand over Bashir and other individuals immediately in accordance with the ICC arrest warrant," said Julie Ferrhar, acting secretary-general of Amnesty International, in a statement.

The course of justice
For its part, the Public Prosecution in Sudan considered that Khartoum's position regarding extradition of wanted persons to the International Criminal Court, including Al-Bashir, depends on three elements, namely, the position of negotiating Sudan peace talks in Juba and its results, legal reform, and consultation with the local component, headed by families The victims.

In a meeting with the Sudanese Attorney General, Taj al-Sir Ali al-Inkr, with a delegation from "Human Rights Watch" at his office in the capital, Khartoum, they discussed the immunities granted according to the laws and their impact on the progress of justice, taking legal measures in the face of perpetrators of crimes, and Sudan's position on the International Criminal Court, And hand over Bashir and put detainees from his leaders.

During the meeting, the Attorney General gave an explanation to the delegation regarding the transformations that occurred in Sudan, the committees formed by the Public Prosecution and its competencies, the crimes investigated, the dependence of the National Committee to investigate violations that occurred during the dissolution of the sit-in, the measures taken by the Public Prosecution to protect witnesses, the families of victims, and members of the regular forces who have The desire to testify.