Regime rubbishes claims of crimes against humanity in Sudan

A spokesman for Sudan’s president is dismissing an investigation into crimes against humanity in Darfur and says his government refuses to hand over any suspects.

The comments come as a prosecutor is set to name suspects and present evidence on Monday to the International Criminal Court about crimes in the troubled western Darfur region, where up to 300,000 people have died since 2003.

ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo has indicated he is going after top Sudanese government officials.

Mahjoub Fadul Badry said today that he’s heard media reports that Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir will be named a suspect. But he says Sudan “doesn’t care” about the ICC because it has “no authority”.

Mr Badry called Mr Moreno-Ocampo a “terrorist” whose investigation was based on biased testimony from rebel leaders.