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PRETORIA – Court proceedings in a bid to have Sudanese
President Omar Al-Bashir arrested in South Africa are set to resume in the
North Gauteng High Court on Sunday afternoon.
Judge Hans Fabricius of the Pretoria High Court heard an
urgent court order to have Omar al-Bashir arrested in South Africa for alleged
war crimes on Sunday morning. He stood the matter down until 3pm, after issuing
an order blocking the Sudanese president from leaving South Africa.
Human rights group the Southern African Litigation Centre
(SALC) is waging a legal bid to have Al-Bashir arrested for alleged war crimes.
SALC is seeking an order compelling the South African
government to honour an International Criminal Court arrest warrant issued
against Bashir.
Attempts by the South African government to have the matter
immediately struck down failed on Sunday morning. Judge Fabricius made his
ruling in order to give the South African government time to prepare an
argument.
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Source: Enca.com
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