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[Zmeselo]

[Eripoblikan]

ነዚ ኣረጊት፡ ኣብ ዲፕሎማሲ ዜሮ-ክእለት ዘለዎ፣ ብጀካ እከይ ካልእ ዘይሓስብ፡ ይሁዳ ተምቤናዊ ናብ ዓዱ፡ ናብ ተምቤን ምጥራዝ እዩ።

ኮራኹሩ ክስዕብዎ እንተደልዮም ድማ፡ ውራይ ደመቐ። ምስኡ ሃው ይበሉ!

ዘመን ዝሓለፎ ሃጠው-ቀጠው ህግደፍ

[sesame]

AgamePoblican

ድርባይ ዓጋመ፥ ሱቕ ኢልካ ተቐጥቀጥ

ወያነ መሲልዋ ዝኾነት ጎብለል
ጠኒና ኣትያቶ ነቲ ኣፍ ገበል
ትግራዋይ ደጊም ተንከባለል
ጆ ባይደን ናበልካ ተማህለል።

[Zmeselo]

[Aba]

I can't wait for an ICC indictment

[Zmeselo]

International Criminal Court officials sanctioned by US

2 September 2020

https://www.bbc.com/news/world-us-canada-54003527

ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda told the BBC in 2017 she was "looking at allegations from all parties" in Afghanistan

The US has imposed sanctions on senior officials in the International Criminal Court (ICC), including chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda.

Secretary of State Mike Pompeo accused the court of "illegitimate attempts to subject Americans to its jurisdiction".

The Hague-based ICC is currently investigating whether US forces committed war crimes in Afghanistan.

The US has criticised the court since its foundation and is one of a dozen states which have not signed up.

Balkees Jarrah, senior counsel at the non-governmental organisation Human Rights Watch, condemned the sanctions as a "shameful new low for US commitments to justice for victims of the worst crimes".

Mr Pompeo's move marked a "stunning perversion of US sanctions, devised to penalize rights abusers and kleptocrats, to target those prosecuting war crimes", she tweeted.

Created by a UN treaty in 2002, the ICC investigates and brings to justice those responsible for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes, intervening when national authorities cannot or will not prosecute.

What is the International Criminal Court?

The treaty has been ratified by 123 countries, including the UK. But the US - along with China, India and Russia - has refused to join, while some African nations have accused the body of being unfairly focused on Africans.

What are the sanctions?

President Donald Trump issued an executive order in June, which allows the US to block the assets of ICC employees and stop them entering the country.

Addressing reporters on Wednesday, Mr Pompeo said Ms Bensouda and Phakiso Mochochoko, the head of the Jurisdiction, Complementarity and Cooperation Division, were to be sanctioned under this order.

Dismissing the ICC as a "thoroughly broken and corrupted institution", he said those who continued to "materially support those individuals risk exposure to sanctions as well".

The US state department has also restricted the issuance of visas for ICC staff involved in "efforts to investigate US personnel".

ICC will not be deterred by US coercion'
When President Trump issued his executive order in June, the ICC denounced what it called "further threats and coercive actions" against it.

"An attack on the ICC also represents an attack against the interests of victims of atrocity crimes, for many of whom the Court represents the last hope for justice," its statement read.

Who is Fatou Bensouda?

As a former justice minister in The Gambia, her home country, Ms Bensouda was ideally placed to succeed Luis Moreno-Ocampo as ICC chief prosecutor, as she had been his deputy throughout his term.

She had also previously been a senior legal adviser at a UN-backed tribunal which prosecuted the alleged ringleaders in the 1994 Rwandan genocide.

While she broadened ICC investigations to look at conflicts elsewhere, which has now earned her the wrath of the US, Africa remained her major focus. All ICC trials have so far focused only on Africans - and a militia leader from the Democratic Republic of Congo, Thomas Lubanga, became the first person to be sentenced for war crimes by the ICC in 2012.

But Ms Bensouda also faced a string of defeats, including the acquittal of Ivory Coast's ex-President Laurent Gbagbo on war crimes charges in 2019 and the dropping of crimes against humanity charges against Kenya's President Uhuru Kenyatta in 2014.

What is the ICC investigating?

The ICC began investigating alleged war crimes committed by the US and others in the Afghan conflict earlier this year.

According to the ICC's legal process, the court can issue arrest warrants or a summons to appear once prosecutors have gathered sufficient evidence and identified suspects. From there, they will decided if there is enough evidence for a case to go to trial.

At the time, Mr Pompeo vowed to protect Americans from the probe, calling it "a truly breathtaking action by an unaccountable, political institution masquerading as a legal body".

A 2016 report from the ICC said there was a reasonable basis to believe the US military had committed torture at secret detention sites operated by the CIA.

The Afghan war: The short and long story

The actions of the Taliban, the Afghan government and US troops since May 2003 are expected to be examined by the court.

Afghanistan is a member of the court but officials there have also expressed opposition to the inquiry.

[Temt]

The US never learns from the blunders it suffers throughout the world. For a country that is bestowed with plenty of human and material resources, it is sad, that it squanders its bounty by meddling into affairs that are none of its business. Look at what the US government has been doing in just the last century or so to countries and organizations that have done nothing to its voracious appetite of hoodwinking and controlling the world. Vietnam, North Korea, Cuba, even tiny Panama, Iran, Iraq, Libya, Syria, Iran, Afghanistan, Somalia, Venezuela, Nicaragua, and of course Eritrea! They have been testing the nerve of the Russians and Chinese as well as those of the Turks even though they know well that some of those nations could mutually destroy the United States.
In spite of the unwarranted mischievous and self-serving deeds the US has been shamelessly committing against these, mostly innocent, countries, it has been demonstratively beaten back by the likes of Vietnam, Cuba, Venezuela, Somalia, and now Afghanistan, only to run with its tail between its legs, downright humiliated. So much so for a country that is armed beyond comprehension.

[sesame]

AbaQ,

Are you still around. If you weren't such a moron, by now you would have realized that the Agame incursion into Afar and Amhara is the most stupid act. Your rag-tag militia is getting decimated. How ironic that the TPLF will be buried in Amhara kilil.

ብሓሶት ተነፊሖም ተነፊሖም ከም ጎማ
መን ከማና ኢሎም ነፍሶም ኣሕቢጦማ
ወስ ምስበሉ ሽዑያ መዓልቶም ተሚማ
ትግራይ ክትነብር ለሚና ጠምያ ሓሚማ
ኣይተራእዮምን ከም ትምለስ ኣብ ቀደማ::

[kerenite]

ነዚ ኣረጊት፡ ኣብ ዲፕሎማሲ ዜሮ-ክእለት ዘለዎ፣ ብጀካ እከይ ካልእ ዘይሓስብ፡ ይሁዳ ተምቤናዊ ናብ ዓዱ፡ ናብ ተምቤን ምጥራዝ እዩ።

ኮራኹሩ ክስዕብዎ እንተደልዮም ድማ፡ ውራይ ደመቐ። ምስኡ ሃው ይበሉ!

ዘመን ዝሓለፎ ሃጠው-ቀጠው ህግደፍ

The koraaqur or Trit (livestock) of issayas are a bunch of misguided cult or human-being worshippers if you will.

I read it somewhere today and I loved it... It goes (not literal) if issayas publicly announces... Ke afghanistan ke taliban wendomamachin tedemirenal, hence, as a result his trit (livestock) would say roger god we hear you loud and clear and to prove their allegiance to him or his higdef they would go to the streets demonstrating in western countries holding taleban flags as they did holding the flag of the Qey bahrachin amhara dreamers.. Lol

[quindibu]

My wise friend says morality in world politics is simply the interest of the powerful.....

When the Talibans fought against the Russians, they were 'freedom-fighters', glorified in the western media for their 'heroism', even immortalized in a James Bond movie for this 'selflessness'.........well, until they've been declared 'terrorists' and removed from power- the same power whom the US negotiated with through backdoor deal to allow its citizens/soldiers/Canine dogs....... to leave Kabul, leaving thousands of Afghanis, who supported and served them loyally behind, at the mercy of the Talibans......

Our own history is a testament to that as well- if one has the desire to earn a negotiating seat at a table with the Americans, be in a position of strength......we did it in 1991 and 2018.

Just take away their Trojan-horse's 'usefulness' .....

[sesame]

Agamite, AgamePoblican, AbaQ,

ኩለን ኢተን ዓጋመ ከም ኣመለን ውጥም ውጥም ይብላ ኣለዋ።

[Temt]

While we understood that the US government was hell-bent on looking for any excuse to scapegoat Eritrea and demonize its leadership, it shows its ignorance and inept and poor judgment when it shamelessly decided to sanction a General, it probably knows very little about other than being a Chief of Staff of the proud Eritrean Army. But again, that wouldn't surprise us the way things are boomeranging to bite it at just about any step the US government takes.

[Zmeselo]

[Aba]

Nothing better than dislodging the entire savage junta from Adi Halo. Who needs ICC or NATO.
ሸኾርተት እወ።

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[Abere]

This what I don't understand: If in fact Eritrea has its army now in Tigray province, why would not TPLF fight them there instead of sending all of is rag tag militia into Afar and Amhara region, for the TPLF said Eritrea's army is destroying them in Tigray? Logically, it sounds there is no Eritrea army in Tigray at all, because if there were Eritrea army , TPLF's priority would be to stop the problem right inside Tigray. Because they know, Eritrea is the best predator to catch big or monstrous TPLF thugs like Debretsion. Logically it does not add up. Why is TPLF given a pass to committing the most heinous crime in Amhara region? Who is going to stand for the rights of Amhara people being murdered now by TPLF. Right now, it is not Tigray that is experiencing human right abuse, displacement, genocide but it is Amhara region of Wollo , Gondar, and Afar. When two standards are followed it suggests the premise for everything is wrong.

[Abe Abraham]

ተጋሩ ባዕላቶም ቀንዲ መሳርሕን መላገጽን እንከለዉ ብዛዕባ " መደመር " ኣልዒሎም ብቀይሕ ባሕሪ ኤርትራ ከም ዝግደሱን ዝሓልዩን ኮይኖም ክቐርቡ ክፍትኑ እንከለዉ ሽጣራ ዘለዎም ኮይኑ ይስመዖም ።

ንሕና ንትግራዋይ ጁንታ ሕጂ ሱቕ ኢልካ ሃተፍ-ተፍ ኣይትበል ኣብ ዓፋርን ምድሪ ኣምሓራን ተጎምቢሕካ ተወገር ንብሎ ። ምስ መንግስትን ህዝብን ኢትዮጵያ ዝገብርናዮ ምቅርራብ ድሮ ውጽኢቱ የርእይ ስለ ዘሎ ደሰ ዘብል እዩ ። ኣብ ' ባህላዊ ጫዋታ " ላይ ተጋሩ ተጋሩ ባዕላቶም ተወንጫዊ ወርዊሮም ምስ ዓደሙና ከኣ ዕድመ ኣኽቢርና እቲ ዝድለ ጌርና ኣሜሪካ ምስ ኣእወየት ድማ ተኣሊና ።

ጁንታውያን ተጋሩ " ረዊኦምና " መበሊኦም እቲ ምቕጥቃጥ በርቲዕዎም ስለ ዝነበረ እዩ ።

ጁንቲት ኣብ ምድሪ ዓፋር ልባ ኣብ ኢዳ ሒዛ እንዳ ጎየየት እንከላ ዘርእይ ቪድዮ ፥