Abbas sends greetings to Sudanese President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir
Headline: “The [PA] president received additional greeting telegrams for the new year”
“[PA] President Mahmoud Abbas blessed Sudanese President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir for the independence day celebrations of his homeland. In the telegram the president expressed his appreciation for the strong relations of comradeship that unite the two peoples and lands, and his pride in the positions of Sudan that support the rights of our people and its struggle for the end of the occupation of our land and the establishment of its independent state whose capital is Jerusalem.”
Omar Al-Bashir - Sudanese President who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on charges of crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide. Al-Bashir oversaw the fighting against several armed groups from 2003 to 2008 in Darfur, in which he is accused of targeting members of the Fur, Masalit, and Zaghawa ethnic groups in a conflict that left roughly 300,000 killed and around three million displaced according to UN estimates. The ICC issued two warrants against him on March 4, 2009, and July 12, 2010, but he has remained at large and in control of Sudan. The ICC charged Al-Bashir with five counts of crimes against humanity – murder, extermination, forcible transfer, torture, and rape; two counts of war crimes – intentionally attacking civilians, pillaging; and three counts of genocide – killing members of targeted ethnic groups, causing them serious bodily or mental harm, and inflicting conditions on them to cause physical destruction. Al-Bashir has been the target of international sanctions from world nations including the US. (Source: https://www.icc-cpi.int/darfur/albashir)
“[PA] President Mahmoud Abbas blessed Sudanese President Omar Hassan Al-Bashir for the independence day celebrations of his homeland. In the telegram the president expressed his appreciation for the strong relations of comradeship that unite the two peoples and lands, and his pride in the positions of Sudan that support the rights of our people and its struggle for the end of the occupation of our land and the establishment of its independent state whose capital is Jerusalem.”
Omar Al-Bashir - Sudanese President who is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on charges of crimes against humanity, war crimes, and genocide. Al-Bashir oversaw the fighting against several armed groups from 2003 to 2008 in Darfur, in which he is accused of targeting members of the Fur, Masalit, and Zaghawa ethnic groups in a conflict that left roughly 300,000 killed and around three million displaced according to UN estimates. The ICC issued two warrants against him on March 4, 2009, and July 12, 2010, but he has remained at large and in control of Sudan. The ICC charged Al-Bashir with five counts of crimes against humanity – murder, extermination, forcible transfer, torture, and rape; two counts of war crimes – intentionally attacking civilians, pillaging; and three counts of genocide – killing members of targeted ethnic groups, causing them serious bodily or mental harm, and inflicting conditions on them to cause physical destruction. Al-Bashir has been the target of international sanctions from world nations including the US. (Source: https://www.icc-cpi.int/darfur/albashir)