[News] ICC responds to US sanctions threats

[Anti-Imperialist News]

  ICC responds to US sanctions threats

Sept. 11, 2018 - http://www.maannews.com/Content.aspx?id=781031
BETHLEHEM (Ma'an) -- In response to threats by the United States 
National Security Adviser John Bolton, the International Criminal Court 
in Hague said, on Tuesday, that it would "continue to do its work 
undeterred.

"On Monday, Bolton had threatened ICC judges with imposing sanctions if 
they proceed with a probe into reported war crimes by the US in Afghanistan.

Bolton's threats said that if such an investigation was launched, the US 
administration would consider banning ICC judges and prosecutors from 
entering the United States, in addition to sanctioning funds they have 
there and prosecuting them in U.S. courts.

The court said in a statement that it is an independent and impartial 
institution with the backing of 123 countries.

The statement added that "the ICC, as a court of law, will continue to 
do its work undeterred, in accordance with those principles and the 
overarching idea of the rule of law.

"Meanwhile, Iranian Foreign Minister criticized the absence of an 
international response to US threats via his official Twitter account, 
on Tuesday.

Mohammad Javad Zarif said "the US threatens to impose sanctions on the 
ICC & even prosecute its judges in American courts.

Where is the outrage?""The boorishness of this rogue US regime seems to 
know no bounds," he added.
-- 
Freedom Archives 522 Valencia Street San Francisco, CA 94110 415 
863.9977 https://freedomarchives.org/
-------------- next part --------------
An HTML attachment was scrubbed...
URL: <http://freedomarchives.org/pipermail/news_freedomarchives.org/attachments/20180911/e279cb19/attachment.htm>