4. Omar al-Bashir
Omar al-Bashir is the President of Sudan. Under al-Bashir’s command, the Sudanese government has reportedly been responsible for 300,000 deaths. They have been accused of suppressing information flow by murdering and imprisoning witnesses, harassing journalists, and covering up mass graves. The United States has accused the Sudanese government of genocide, although the United Nations do not support this claim. On July 14, 2009, the Southern African Litigation Centre took the Sudanese government to court, intending to force the state to arrest al-Bashir. The next day the court ordered al-Bashir’s arrest, but he fled from the country before he could be captured.
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