They say sexual slavery charges and others urged by victims' lawyers would “gravely breach the fundamental rights of the accused and his rights of due process”.
IWPR
international justice reporter Katy Glassborow speaks to the
BBC World Service Focus on Africa programme about Darfur rebel
leader Abu Garda's initial appearance at the International
Criminal Court.
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Experts
say that saffron is being grown in 16 provinces of Afghanistan,
but the bulk of the product comes from Herat, in the west
of the country, reports IWPR trainee Farooq Faizi.
Emad
Al-shara, an IWPR-trained journalist in Iraq, says spate of
attacks largely directed at Baghdad's Shia fueling concerns
that sectarian and political violence may be returning to
city.
In
First Kill Your Family, [IWPR] journalist and Africa
hand Peter Eichstaedt offers shocking details from the first-hand
experiences of people who have participated in the war in
northern Uganda as children and adults.
Lisa
Clifford, a reporter for IWPR, says the Al-Bashir arrest warrant
and other controversies have damaged the reputation of the
international criminal court.
In
southern provinces [of Afghanistan], up to 70 per cent of
Taliban fighters are non-ideological unemployed young men
given a gun before each attack and paid a pittance according
to a report by IWPR.
"The
Taliban, for all their faults, have proven to have a fairly
sophisticated media policy," said Jean MacKenzie, IWPR
Afghanistan director.
IWPR
reporter Katy Glassborow says it would be "absolutely devastating
to the reputation of the [ICC]" if judges decide there is
no case to answer [against Sudanese president Omar al-Bashir]
on the charge of genocide.
Janjaweed
militias once loyal to the Sudanese government are reconsidering
their stance because they fear indictment by the International
Criminal Court, reports IWPR.
"No
agency, either international or local, is trying to properly
investigate and map [extra-judicial] killings [in the Philippines]
to see how they are linked," said Alan Davis, director
of the Philippine Human Rights Project.