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Kenyatta, KDF: ICC Acknowledges Charges of Massacre in Somalia

Somali Rights has received a formal letter of acknowledgement from the International Criminal Court at the Hague. The letter confirms that the ICC has received the formal complaint letter and supporting documents submitted by Somali Rights last month.

The complaint requests the court to investigate and prosecute crimes against humanity and war crimes committed by Kenyan forces and allied clan militia in Lower Jubba and Gedo regions of Somalia. In response, M.P. Dillon, Head of Information and Evidence Unit at the Office of the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court wrote “The communication has been duly entered in the Communications Register of the office and we will give consideration to the complaint in accordance with the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court.”

Somali Rights filed the complaint last month at the International Criminal Court (ICC) at the Hague, Netherlands against Kenyan military leaders including their Commander Uhuru Kenyatta for charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity including torture, massacre, illegal use of excessive force, rape, destruction of property, and displacement of civilians.

uhuru-kenyatta-007The suit comes at a time when the President of Kenya, Uhuru Kenyatta and his deputy already face crimes against humanity for their role in killing hundreds of their own Kenyan citizens. The new criminal investigations are expected to be expedited to combine Mr. Kenyatta’s upcoming trial with the charges for atrocities in Somalia.

The United Nations Security Council has recently implicated Kenyan Defense Forces in Somalia of crimes against humanity such as massacre, sexual violence, and torture in contradiction of international humanitarian and human rights laws and disregarding the UN Security Council ban on charcoal exports thereby promoting an illegal trade that funds the activities of the terror group Al Shabab. However, a recent communiqué from a meeting in Kampala of AMISOM troop contributing countries did not address the Kenyan atrocities and glaring human rights violations committed in Southern Somalia.

Somali Rights plans to submit a new dossier of evidence to the Office of the Prosecutor in the near future. The dozier includes evidence that links the charges of crimes against humanity that Mr. Kenyatta already faces at the International Criminal Court and newly filed charges of massacre, rape, pillage, destruction of property and ethnic cleansing in Lower Jubba region of Somalia.

The quest for justice will continue until perpetrators of crimes against humanity in Somalia are brought to the corridors of international justice.

Somali Rights
Washington, D.C., USA
www.somalirights.com.

End Notes:

1.  Acknowledgement of Charges against Kenyatta, KDF by ICC Prosecutor: http://www.scribd.com/doc/158608878/SR-Kenyatta-Charges-of-Crimes-Against-Humanity-in-Somalia-Accepted-International-Criminal-Court.

2.  Complaint to the International Criminal Court (Cover Letter): http://www.scribd.com/doc/157066494/Somali-Rights-ICC-Preliminary-Communication-against-Kenyan-Defense-Forces.

 

 

 

 

 

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6 Jawaabood " Kenyatta, KDF: ICC Acknowledges Charges of Massacre in Somalia "

  1. qaalid says:

    duqii uhuru kenyatta awal baa dhibaato haysatay ee ma mida somalia ayaa ugu darsan tahay. wonderful

  2. A.Weli says:

    Hadaan nahay Dadka wax akhirya ama dhagaysta ee Jubbooyinka war farxadle weeyaan Sababtoo ah in Dhibkii kadhacay Kismaayo lawada Caddeeyey Cidlana looga hari doonin ayey natusay saa waana Guul weyn. Allaana kumahadsan Inaan Dulmigii Cidla aadi doonin, waxaan kaloo Alle kabar yeynaa inuu nawaafajiyo Wadada Guusha,Gumaysiga madowna Guul daradiisa natuso.Umadda Jubbooyinkana waxaan oran lahaa siiwada Dagaalka Af iyo Adinba,Guushiina wey dhowdahay Insha Allaah waadna aragtaan sida Somaali weyn Idiin Garab istaagtay.Guulaysta,Guulaystayaalow Guulaysta.

  3. Mk says:

    I’m glad that ??? both torrorist madone. And uhuru Kenyatta will soon face criminal case

  4. Mk says:

    Madobe. And uhuru let them ???? get life In jail crime against. Humanity

  5. xogogaal says:

    Madaxweynaha Maamulka jublaland , Mudane Axmed Amxaar Islam Ayaa maanta Qadka tell kula Hadley
    Cumar Cabdirashiid Cali Sharmaarke oo hore u soo noqday Ra’iisal Wasaare, Maxamed Cabdi Gaandi, oo hadda ka hor noqday Wasiirka Difaaca iyo Taliyihii hore ee Booliiska, Cal Maxamed Xasan Looyaan.iyo Dr Faroole waa Madaxweynaha puntland.

    Saddexdan mas’uul ee madaxweynaha la soo xiriirey waxay ka mid ahaayeen ragga garwadeenka ka ahaa shirka Kismaayo ee khilaafka weyni ka dhashay, dad badan oo Soomaali ah lagu dilay, qaar kale lagu dhaawacay, qaarna lagu barakiciyay. waxey ku dhiiregaliyeen inuu soo dhamaystiro maamulka inta ka dhiman uuna iska dhaga tiro codsi kaga yimid beesha caaalamka iyo IGAD oo ahaa in la hakiyo dhamaystirka maamulka,

    Waxeyna ugu Hambalyeeyen dhiiga uu ku farshey Afmadow iyagana ay beesha caalamka u sheegi doonaan iney Shabaab ahaayeen Shabackaa la laayey, waxaa isagana Qadka tellofonka kula soo xiriirey DR Faroole oo Fidno kale u soo Faa’iideyey oo ah oo ah in Gar Gaar Gardaro ah in aananka laga Qaadanin Xamar uusa ku Soo Qorin Dastuurkii Garoowe oo uu Garwadeenka ka ahaa ama Bud dhiga ka ahaa arinkaas na uu Dastuurka waafaqsanaynin.

  6. runsheeg says:

    kashifaaad. inta ku howlan oo goor walba u soo dira axmed madoobe telefonka kula soo hadasha waxey kale yihiin Cumar Cabdirashiid Cali Sharmaarke oo hore u soo noqday Ra’iisal Wasaare, Maxamed Cabdi Gaandi, oo hadda ka hor noqday Wasiirka Difaaca iyo Taliyihii hore ee Booliiska, Cal Maxamed Xasan Looyaan.iyo Dr Faroole waa Madaxweynaha puntland.
    ragaan oo dhan ee mas’uul ayaa madaxweynaha jubland la soo xiriirey har iyo habeeen oo aan qadka tell ka bixin,, taagero aan kala go’layahn la garab taagan.

    intuba waa hal beel oo intaas oo khaliif iyo fidno ah ku dhex wada soomalia inteeda kale waxaa soo xoojiey prof ali m geedi prof baadiyow prof galayr prof gaas iyo wariye yuusuf garaad oo beesha caalmka ku soo xoojisey.. waxaana lagu marti qaadey hoteladii aan kiro loo hayn ee naiorobi oo hoos dhac ku yimid dalxiiskiii

    kenya oo aan dan ugu jirin nabada somalia oo ku lacagaysatey 22 dhiiga shacabka soomaliyed iyo colaada ka jira koonfurta soomalia.

    Hadal haynta ugu weyn ee kismaayo waaa heloo garoowe haa gaarisa,, inta kale====

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