Omar al-Bashir: Difference between revisions
imported>Dser Reverting vandalism |
|||
| Line 3: | Line 3: | ||
'''Omar Hassan Ahmad Al-Bashir''' (born 1 January 1944) is the current [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_Sudan President] of Sudan and the head of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Congress_%28Sudan%29 National Congress Party]. He came to power in 1989 when he, as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigadier brigadier] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_of_Sudan Sudanese army], led a group of officers in a bloodless [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coup_d%27%C3%A9tat military coup] that ousted the government of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Sudan Prime Minister] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadiq_al-Mahdi Sadiq al-Mahdi]. | '''Omar Hassan Ahmad Al-Bashir''' (born 1 January 1944) is the current [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/List_of_Presidents_of_Sudan President] of Sudan and the head of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_Congress_%28Sudan%29 National Congress Party]. He came to power in 1989 when he, as a [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brigadier brigadier] in the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Military_of_Sudan Sudanese army], led a group of officers in a bloodless [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Coup_d%27%C3%A9tat military coup] that ousted the government of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Prime_Minister_of_Sudan Prime Minister] [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sadiq_al-Mahdi Sadiq al-Mahdi]. | ||
==Background[http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Omar_al-Bashir?action=edit§ion=1 Edit]== | ==Background[http://villains.wikia.com/wiki/Omar_al-Bashir?action=edit§ion=1 Edit]== | ||
<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;"> | <p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">In October 2004, al-Bashir's government negotiated an end to the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Second_Sudanese_Civil_War Second Sudanese Civil War], one of the longest-running and deadliest wars of the 20th century, by granting limited autonomy to [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Southern_Sudan Southern Sudan] dominated by the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan_People%27s_Liberation_Army Sudan People's Liberation Army] (SPLA). Since then, however, there has been a violent [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/War_in_Darfur conflict in Darfur] that has resulted in death tolls between 200,000 and 400,000. During his presidency, there have been several violent struggles between the Janjaweed militia and rebel groups such the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudan_Liberation_Movement/Army Sudanese Liberation Army] (SLA) and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Justice_and_Equality_Movement Justice and Equality Movement] (JEM) in the form of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Guerrilla_warfare guerrilla warfare] in the Darfur region. The civil war has resulted in over 2.5 million [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Displaced_person people being displaced], and the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad%E2%80%93Sudan_relations diplomatic relations] between Sudan and [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Chad Chad] being at a crisis level.</p> | ||
<p style="margin-top: 0.4em; margin-right: 0px; margin-bottom: 0.5em; margin-left: 0px; line-height: 1.5em;">Al-Bashir is controversial figure both in Sudan and worldwide. In July 2008, the prosecutor of the [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/International_Criminal_Court International Criminal Court] (ICC), [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Luis_Moreno_Ocampo Luis Moreno Ocampo], accused al-Bashir of [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Genocide genocide], [http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Crimes_against_humanity crimes against humanity] and war crimes in Darfur. The court issued an arrest warrant for al-Bashir on 4 March 2009 on counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, but ruled that there was insufficient evidence to prosecute him for genocide.</p> | |||
==Villainy== | ==Villainy== | ||
Since February 2003, Bashir’s campaign of ethnic and religious persecution has killed at least 180,000 civilians in Darfur in western Sudan and driven 2 million people from their homes. The good news is that Bashir’s army and the Janjaweed militia that he supports have all but stopped burning down villages in Darfur. The bad news is why they’ve stopped: There are few villages left to burn. The attacks now are aimed at refugee camps. While the media have called these actions “a humanitarian tragedy,” Bashir himself has escaped major condemnation. In 2005, Bashir signed a peace agreement with the largest rebel group in non-Islamic southern Sudan and allowed its leader, John Garang, to become the nation’s vice president. But Garang died in July in a helicopter crash, and Bashir’s troops still occupy the south. | Since February 2003, Bashir’s campaign of ethnic and religious persecution has killed at least 180,000 civilians in Darfur in western Sudan and driven 2 million people from their homes. The good news is that Bashir’s army and the Janjaweed militia that he supports have all but stopped burning down villages in Darfur. The bad news is why they’ve stopped: There are few villages left to burn. The attacks now are aimed at refugee camps. While the media have called these actions “a humanitarian tragedy,” Bashir himself has escaped major condemnation. In 2005, Bashir signed a peace agreement with the largest rebel group in non-Islamic southern Sudan and allowed its leader, John Garang, to become the nation’s vice president. But Garang died in July in a helicopter crash, and Bashir’s troops still occupy the south. | ||