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Gambia Announces Withdrawal From International Criminal Court by Tunesoven(m): 1:13pm On Oct 26, 2016
The government of Gambia has announced its withdrawal from the International Criminal Court, accusing the world body of ignoring the war crimes of Western nations and seeking only to prosecute Africans.
The announcement on Tuesday, October 25th by the West African nation, whose president, Yahya Jammeh, has called on the court to investigate African migrant deaths on the Mediterranean, comes just days after South Africa said it was quitting The Hague-based tribunal.
"This action is warranted by the fact that the ICC, despite being called the International Criminal Court, is in fact an International Caucasian Court for the persecution and humiliation of people of colour, especially Africans," Information Minister Sheriff Bojang said on state television.
He noted the case of the former British prime minister Tony Blair, whom the ICC decided not to indict over the Iraq war.
"There are many Western countries, at least 30, that have committed heinous war crimes against independent sovereign states and their citizens since the creation of the ICC and not a single.continue reading..... http://www.tunesoven.com/2016/10/gambia-announces-withdrawal-from.html

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Re: Gambia Announces Withdrawal From International Criminal Court by rusher14: 1:16pm On Oct 26, 2016
I may be wrong but South Africa I heard did the same now Gambia, what's happening here?

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Re: Gambia Announces Withdrawal From International Criminal Court by Blue3k(m): 1:17pm On Oct 26, 2016
Interesting hopefully more follow suit.

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Re: Gambia Announces Withdrawal From International Criminal Court by rheether(f): 1:42pm On Oct 26, 2016
Those fellaz always persecuting black leaders.

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