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Sudan president faces genocide charge

12 July 2010 20:12 (UTC +04:00)

Baku â€“ APA. The International Criminal Court issued a second arrest warrant Monday for Sudan President Omar al-Bashir on three counts of genocide against three ethnic groups, APA reports quoting CNN.
Al-Bashir already was wanted on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. The new charges are in addition to the earlier ones, not instead of them, the court said.
He was re-elected president of Sudan this year in controversial but historic elections.
The International Criminal Court’s first arrest warrant, issued last year, also made history -- it was the first arrest warrant the court had issued against a sitting head of state.
Al-Bashir has appeared to thumb his nose at the charges, appearing in public dancing and singing at a rally in Khartoum after the original arrest warrant.
His information minister dismissed the ICC as a "white man’s tribunal."
Adding genocide to the list of charges against Al-Bashir could affect the length of his sentence if he is ever tried and convicted.