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Article: Sudan adheres to trying Darfur war crime suspects by its own
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- Xinhua News Agency
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- November 22, 2005
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Sudan adheres to trying Darfur war crime suspects by its own
KHARTOUM, Nov. 21 (Xinhua) -- Sudanese Minister of Justice
Mohammed Ali al-Mardi repeated Monday his government's insistence to
try Darfur war crime suspects inside the country.
In a press statement, al-Mardi stressed that the Sudanese
judiciary organs are honest, neutral and competent, adding that the
Sudanese government is serious, capable and willing to try whoever is
suspected of committing war crimes in the western region of Darfur.
He cited a recent trial in which two Sudanese army soldiers were
sentenced to be hanged after being convicted of killing a civilian in
Darfur.
Al-Mardi rejected any interference by the ...