{"id":5071,"date":"2013-06-11T07:16:53","date_gmt":"2013-06-11T07:16:53","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.org\/?p=5071"},"modified":"2013-06-11T07:16:53","modified_gmt":"2013-06-11T07:16:53","slug":"arrest-obama-for-war-crimes-when-he-visits-sa","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.org\/?p=5071","title":{"rendered":"‘Arrest Obama for war crimes when he visits SA’"},"content":{"rendered":"

\"\"<\/a>The Muslim Lawyers Association in Johannesburg wants US President Barack Obama arrested and tried for war crimes when he arrives in South Africa on June 29.<\/p>\n

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It submitted a 600-plus page document to the Office of the National Director of Public Prosecutions on Friday asking for an investigation into Obama’s involvement in the Middle East.<\/div>\n

Group spokesman Yousha Tayob said Obama ordered drone strikes that killed innocent civilians.<\/p>\n

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In terms of the Rome Statute, South Africa has the right to prosecute a war criminal on its territory, said Tayob.<\/p>\n

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Researchers from New York University School of Law and Stanford University Law School recently released a report entitled “Living Under Drones: Death, Injury and Trauma to Civilians From US Drone Practices in Pakistan”.<\/p>\n

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They found that in four years Obama commissioned five times more drone attacks than former president George W Bush did in his two terms in the White House .<\/p>\n

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The report estimates drones have killed between 474 and 881 civilians, including 176 children.<\/p>\n

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The US Embassy in South Africa’s spokesman Jack Hillmeyer said it had “no comment”.<\/p>\n

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National Prosecuting Authority spokesman Bulelwa Makeke said the office had received the docket and was studying it. – timeslive.co.za<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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