“Arrest Obama When He Visits”: South African Lawyers Ask for War Crimes Investigation

“Arrest Obama When He Visits”: South African Lawyers Ask for War Crimes Investigation and Prosecution

The Muslim Lawyers Association in Johannesburg wants US President Barack Obama arrested and tried for war crimes when he arrives in South Africa on June 29.

By Global Research News
Global Research, June 11, 2013
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Region: sub-Saharan Africa
Theme: Crimes against Humanity, Law and Justice



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by Katharine Child

The Muslim Lawyers Association submitted a 600-plus page document to the Office of the National Director of Public Prosecutions on Friday asking for an investigation into Obama’s involvement in the Middle East.

Group spokesman Yousha Tayob said Obama ordered drone strikes that killed innocent civilians.

In terms of the Rome Statute, South Africa has the right to prosecute a war criminal on its territory, said Tayob.

Researchers from New York University School of Law and Stanford University Law School recently released a report entitled “Living Under Drones: Death, Injury and Trauma to Civilians From US Drone Practices in Pakistan”.

They found that in four years Obama commissioned five times more drone attacks than former president George W Bush did in his two terms in the White House.

The report estimates drones have killed between 474 and 881 civilians, including 176 children.

The US Embassy in South Africa’s spokesman Jack Hillmeyer said it had “no comment”.

National Prosecuting Authority spokesman Bulelwa Makeke said the office had received the docket and was studying it.

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South African Muslim lawyers call for Obama’s arrest

June 15, 2013 by Janeen Capizola 23 Comments

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The Muslim Lawyers Association in Johannesburg has called for the arrest and prosecution of President Obama forwar crimes and genocide when he arrives in South Africa later this month.

The MLA has taken issue with and seeks justice for victims of Obama’s “drone strike policy” that has “resulted in massive losses of innocent lives in Pakistan, Yemen and Afghanistan,” the group’s press release stated.

The association filed a formal complaint, named the “Obama Docket,” calling for Obama’s arrest with the National Director of Public Prosecutions and the South African Police Services, according to the statement.

Specifically, the MLA is asking “for USA President Barack Obama to be investigated, charged, arrested and tried in a South African Court for War Crimes, Crimes against Humanity and Genocide.”

The press release reads, in part:

In terms of the ICC Act, diplomatic immunity is not a defence and a Head of State is not immune from prosecution for the aforementioned crimes. The Complaint asks for Obama’s arrest when he enters South Africa or the securing of his attendance at a trial by other lawful means.
In the alternative, the complaint requires South Africa as a State Party to the Rome Statute, to refer the case to the Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court at the Hague to exercise Jurisdiction in terms of the Rome Statute.

The Obama administration’s Drone programme which has resulted in massive losses of innocent lives in Pakistan, Yemen and Afghanistan. The programme is responsible for extra-judicial killings both innocent civilians as well as US citizens abroad. The drone strike policy has continued unabated with total disregard for territorial sovereignty and this is cited as the primary reason that Obama should be investigated and tried for War Crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide.

The large number of well documented civilian deaths are said to constitute international crimes and the complaint refers to numerous International Reports which have documented evidence on the USA drone policies. Other crimes cited include extra judicial renditions and torture.

Read more from MLA Johannesburg

H/T: Mr. Conservative

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