International court likely to seek arrest of Sudan's president for war crimes in Darfur

The prosecutor at the international criminal court is widely expected to seek the arrest on Monday of the Sudanese president, Omar al-Bashir, for war crimes committed in Darfur. The prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, issued a statement yesterday announcing that he would be submitting evidence "on crimes committed in the whole of Darfur over the last five years". The statement said he would then publicly "summarise the evidence, the crimes and name individual(s) charged". Moreno-Ocampo told the security council last month that he intended to go after top Sudanese officials, saying the "entire state apparatus" was involved in systematic attacks on civilians. Legal sources and human rights activists said last night said they expected the prosecutor to name Bashir. One source with links to both the ICC and the Khartoum government... [read full story]