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Screensize: 640 x 480 800 x 600 1024 x 768 1280 x 1024 UserName: Password: Format Mode: Basic  Help  Prompt  Format: Videos: Font Andale Mono Arial Arial Black Book Antiqua Century Gothic Comic Sans MS Courier New Georgia Impact Lucida Console Script MT Bold Stencil Tahoma Times New Roman Trebuchet MS Verdana   Size 1 2 3 4 5 6   Color Black Red Yellow Pink Green Orange Purple Blue Beige Brown Teal Navy Maroon LimeGreen Message: * HTML is OFF * Forum Code is ON Smilies [quote][i]Originally posted by toubab1020[/i] [br] ========== https://standard.gm/sonko-asks-france-to-try-macky-for-crimes-against-humanity/ ========== Sonko asks France to try Macky for crimes against humanity June 23, 2023 Senegalese opposition leader Ousmane Sonko has filed a criminal complaint in France for “crimes against humanity” against President Macky Sall, his lawyer said, as well as requesting a probe by the International Criminal Court (ICC). Sonko alleged that deadly clashes following his sentencing to jail time this month are the latest step in “a generalised and systematic attack on the civilian population” of Senegal since March 2021, lawyer Juan Branco told AFP late on Wednesday. This month’s clashes over Sonko’s conviction for “corrupting” a young beauty salon worker are the worst Senegal has seen in years, following a previous outburst two years ago when at least 12 died. While the government toll for June is 16 dead, Amnesty International has counted 23 and the opposition tally stands at 30. Opponents of Sall, first elected in 2012 and again in 2019, have been fired up by his evasiveness over whether he could run for a third term they see as unconstitutional — following in the footsteps of other West African leaders in recent years. Meanwhile, Sonko’s conviction will make him ineligible for the 2024 presidential election. Criminal complaint As well as Sall, opposition leader Sonko’s case targets Senegalese Interior Minister Antoine Diome, military police chief Moussa Fall and 112 others. His criminal complaint has been filed with the Paris tribunal’s crimes against humanity unit. Sall and Diome have “ordered and supervised the commission” of crimes “against unarmed demonstrators since March 2021”, including “murders, torture and forced disappearances”, it alleges. Lawyer Branco said he had identified “the murders of 50 people” since March 2021. Under French law, filing a criminal complaint almost automatically triggers an investigation by a magistrate into whether the allegations are credible, although the process can be drawn-out and rarely results in criminal charges. Sonko’s separate request at the ICC in The Hague uses a provision that allows any person or group to ask for an investigation to be opened. [/quote]   Check here to include your profile signature.