Mocking the Powerless and the Powerful

Think about it. International Criminal Court has charged him with war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur. And this same man is put on the leadership helm "to investigate human rights violations in Darfur". The charge is grave and serious. "As Sudan’s interior minister from 2003 to 2005, Mr. Harun recruited, funded and armed the janjaweed militias, who murdered at least 200,000 people and drove 2.5 million more from their homes. Now, as minister of humanitarian affairs, he controls the fate of the survivors. He decides when and where aid organizations can go, and some of these international agencies, on whom hundreds of thousands of refugees depend for their survival, have accused Mr. Harun of blocking their work."

New York Times is right when it writes that the international community must not accept Sudan's denial of International Criminal Court's jurisdiction when it had issued a warrant for Mr. Harun's arrest a few months ago. Promoting the same person as "minister of humanitarian affairs" is indeed like "mocking the powerless and the Power" at the same time.

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Mocking the Powerless and the Powerful