BBC News - 09 March 2011
Dennie Whitlow
Sunday, March 13, 2011
Kenya To Challenge ICC Case Over Post-Poll Violence
Six high-profile Kenyan politicians are being summoned to appear next month in a hearing presented to the International Criminal Court. They are being accused of murder, deportations, and persecutions by the ICC chief prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo. During the violence in Kenya, some 1,200 people died and more than 500,000 fled their homes. In the peace deal that followed the violence in 2008 it was agreed people accused of war crimes would face justice in Kenya or the ICC in The Hague. It appears local tribunals have been blocked by the Kenyan government and in a released statement, the Kenyan government is also challenging the ICC's jurisdiction. Last month, the African Union endorsed Kenya's request to delay the ICC trial.
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