{"id":18325,"date":"2013-10-08T08:21:48","date_gmt":"2013-10-08T06:21:48","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/praag.co.za\/?p=18325"},"modified":"2013-10-08T08:24:37","modified_gmt":"2013-10-08T06:24:37","slug":"afrika-ondermyn-die-geloofwaardigheid-van-is-den-haag","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/praag.co.za\/?p=18325","title":{"rendered":"Afrika ondermyn die geloofwaardigheid van IS, Den Haag"},"content":{"rendered":"<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"af\"><span title=\"Kenyatta, whose trial is not scheduled to begin until November, and Ruto have emerged stronger following the Westgate mall terror attack, which has positioned them as important in the global fight against terror.\"><a href=\"http:\/\/praag.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/icc.jpg\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft size-medium wp-image-10447\" alt=\"icc\" src=\"http:\/\/praag.co.za\/wordpress\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/icc-300x213.jpg\" width=\"300\" height=\"213\" srcset=\"https:\/\/praag.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/icc-300x213.jpg 300w, https:\/\/praag.co.za\/wp-content\/uploads\/2011\/05\/icc.jpg 450w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 85vw, 300px\" \/><\/a>AU-leiers dreig om uit die Internasionale Strafhof te onttrek, wat pogings om menseregte-vergrype en volksmoorde op die kontinent onder die soeklig te bring, sal striem. <\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Alhoewel die onderskeie lidlande van die AU ondertekenare van die Roomse Verdrag is teen sulke vergrype, sal &#8216;n politieke besluit deur die AU die Verdrag erg knou.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"af\"><span title=\"Kenyatta, whose trial is not scheduled to begin until November, and Ruto have emerged stronger following the Westgate mall terror attack, which has positioned them as important in the global fight against terror.\">Die twee Keniaanse leiers wat aangekla is van misdade teen die mensdom, het egter reeds die skuiwergat gesien. Dit is naamlik dat slegs swart regerings<\/span><\/span> tot dusver amptelik deur die hof ondersoek is, wat die aanklag van rassisme jeens Afrika laat opklink.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\">Dat die VSA se swart president ook nie die IS ondersteun nie, is waarskynlik vir die AU &#8216;n verdere onderskraging.<\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"af\"><span title=\"Kenyatta, whose trial is not scheduled to begin until November, and Ruto have emerged stronger following the Westgate mall terror attack, which has positioned them as important in the global fight against terror.\">President Uhuru Kenyatta van Kenia, en sy adjunk William Ruto het <\/span><\/span><span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"af\"><span title=\"Kenyatta, whose trial is not scheduled to begin until November, and Ruto have emerged stronger following the Westgate mall terror attack, which has positioned them as important in the global fight against terror.\"><span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"af\"><span title=\"Kenyatta, whose trial is not scheduled to begin until November, and Ruto have emerged stronger following the Westgate mall terror attack, which has positioned them as important in the global fight against terror.\">sterker <\/span><\/span>na vore getree na die Westgate Mall-terreuraanval, deur hulself te posisioneer as belangrike rolspelers in die w\u00eareldwye stryd teen terreur. <\/span><span title=\"In Kenyatta's case, months-long absence in The Hague seems increasingly untenable.\">In Kenyatta se geval lyk sy waarskynlike maande-lange afwesigheid in Den Haag toenemend onhoudbaar.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span title=\"If the case collapses, the ICC will appear powerless to protect witnesses, activists warn.\">As die saak in duie stort, sal die Hof magteloos wees om getuies te beskerm, het aktiviste gewaarsku. Vir &#8216;<\/span><span title=\"&quot;People are asking: 'Suppose the case ends and they [Ruto and Kenyatta] are not found guilty, what then? Will we still get protection?'&quot; says Ken Wafula, a prominent rights campaigner in Eldoret.\">n prominente menseregtekampvegter in Eldoret, Kenia, is die skrif reeds aan die muur.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span title=\"Interviews with former witnesses, rights campaigners and sources in Eldoret, a bustling town five hours' drive from Nairobi in Kenya's Rift Valley, create a picture of unprecedented intimidation.\">Onderhoude met getuies en bronne in Eldoret, &#8216;n bedrywige dorp vyf ure se ry van Nairobi in Kenia se Skeurvallei, dui daarop dat grootskaalse intimidasie posgevat het.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span title=\"The Guardian spoke to one potential witness who admitted receiving money in return for dropping his testimony.\">Die Guardian het met een potensi\u00eble getuie gepraat wat erken het dat hy geld aanvaar het om van sy getuienis af te sien. <\/span><span title=\"It has also been alleged that Kenyan human rights groups aiding the prosecution have coached witnesses, encouraging them to give versions of events that did not accord with reality.\">Daar word ook beweer dat Keniaanse menseregtegroepe getuies afrig, en hulle aanmoedig om sekere weergawes van die gebeure te gee wat nie ooreenstem met die werklikheid nie.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span title=\"In Eldoret, in and around where some of the bloodiest incidents were recorded \u2013 including the burning of a church with Kikuyu women and children inside that killed 30 \u2013 the atmosphere is tense.\">In Eldoret, waar sommige van die bloedigste voorvalle soos 30 vroue en kinders wat in &#8216;n kerk doodgebrand het aangeteken is, is die atmosfeer gespanne. <\/span><span title=\"Any white person here is suspected of being with the ICC, seeking to persuade witnesses who have pulled out to return.\">Enige wit persoon wat die dorpie betree word verdink daarvan dat hy of sy in diens van die IS is, op soek na getuies wat onttrek het om hulle te oorreed om <\/span><span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"af\"><span title=\"Any white person here is suspected of being with the ICC, seeking to persuade witnesses who have pulled out to return.\"><span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"af\"><span title=\"Any white person here is suspected of being with the ICC, seeking to persuade witnesses who have pulled out to return.\">te terug te keer. <\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"af\"><span title=\"Any white person here is suspected of being with the ICC, seeking to persuade witnesses who have pulled out to return.\"><span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"af\"><span title=\"Any white person here is suspected of being with the ICC, seeking to persuade witnesses who have pulled out to return.\">Die Westerse aandrang op menseregte word, heel ironies, as &#8216;n bedreiging en nie &#8216;n uitkoms nie, beskou.<\/span><\/span><\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span title=\"One man, who only agreed to being interviewed in a car to avoid recognition, described how he was approached by acquaintances to desist from talking to the prosecution.\">Een inwoner beskryf hoe hy genader is deur kennisse om nie te gaan getuig nie. <\/span><span title=\"&quot;I was given money. One million shillings [\u00a37,000]. In cash,&quot; the man says.\">Hy het &#8216;n miljoen sjielings [R20 000] in kontant ontvang.<\/span><span title=\"&quot;I had to accept. I have a family and children.&quot;\"> Hy s\u00ea hy moes onttrek omdat hy &#8216;n gesin het om te versorg.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span title=\"Although never formally confirmed as a witness in the case, he travelled to Nairobi to meet investigators where he helped decode the euphemisms and vernacular language allegedly used by Ruto's Kalenjin people to incite violence against the Kikuyu.\">Hy het eers na Nairobi in die geselskap van ondersoekbeamptes gereis waar hy gehelp het om die eufemismes te <\/span><span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"af\"><span title=\"Although never formally confirmed as a witness in the case, he travelled to Nairobi to meet investigators where he helped decode the euphemisms and vernacular language allegedly used by Ruto's Kalenjin people to incite violence against the Kikuyu.\"><span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"af\"><span title=\"Although never formally confirmed as a witness in the case, he travelled to Nairobi to meet investigators where he helped decode the euphemisms and vernacular language allegedly used by Ruto's Kalenjin people to incite violence against the Kikuyu.\">ontsyfer wat <\/span><\/span>na bewering gebruik is deur Ruto se stam om geweld teen die Kikoejoe aan te hits, voor hy onttrek het.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span title=\"A Kalenjin source investigating claims of witness bribery says at least 12 people in the area have been paid off, receiving between 1m and 3m shillings.\">&#8216;n Ander bron het bevestig dat minstens 12 mense in die gebied omkoopgeld ontvang het van tussen 1 miljoen en 3 miljoen sjielings. <\/span><span title=\"Many have received new cars, plots of land and been promised access to good jobs, he says.\">Baie het nuwe motors ontvang, grond en beloftes van werk.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span title=\"Some witnesses have come out in public saying they pulled out so as not to endanger reconciliation efforts that began with Kenyatta and Ruto running on a joint ticket in the last elections.\">Sommige getuies het in die openbaar ges\u00ea dat hulle onttrek het sodat dit nie versoeningspogings tussen Kenyatta en Ruto in gevaar stel nie. <\/span><span title=\"Calls to the government spokesman went unanswered.\">Oproepe na die regeringswoordvoerder het onbeantwoord gebly.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span title=\"The Waki commission, tasked with assigning responsibility for the bloodletting, suggested Ruto and Kenyatta, a Kikuyu, as were the masterminds behind the violence, accusing them of mobilising their supporters to attack tribal adversaries even before the elections.\">Die Waki-kommissie, wat getaak was om die bloedvergieting te ondersoek, het Ruto en Kenyatta as die meesterbreine agter die geweld uitgewys, en hulle van die mobilisering van hul ondersteuners <\/span><span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"af\"><span title=\"The Waki commission, tasked with assigning responsibility for the bloodletting, suggested Ruto and Kenyatta, a Kikuyu, as were the masterminds behind the violence, accusing them of mobilising their supporters to attack tribal adversaries even before the elections.\"><span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"af\"><span title=\"The Waki commission, tasked with assigning responsibility for the bloodletting, suggested Ruto and Kenyatta, a Kikuyu, as were the masterminds behind the violence, accusing them of mobilising their supporters to attack tribal adversaries even before the elections.\">beskuldig om <\/span><\/span>stamvyande aan te val, selfs voor die verkiesings.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span title=\"In language chillingly reminiscent of that used during the Rwanda genocide in 1994, Ruto is alleged to have urged supporters to &quot;uproot the weeds from the fields,&quot; a reference to the Kikuyu, accused of using their political superiority to take land in the Rift Valley\">In taal wat mens herinner aan wat gedurende die Rwandavolksmoord in 1994 gebruik is, het Ruto na bewering <\/span><span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"af\"><span title=\"In language chillingly reminiscent of that used during the Rwanda genocide in 1994, Ruto is alleged to have urged supporters to &quot;uproot the weeds from the fields,&quot; a reference to the Kikuyu, accused of using their political superiority to take land in the Rift Valley\"><span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"af\"><span title=\"In language chillingly reminiscent of that used during the Rwanda genocide in 1994, Ruto is alleged to have urged supporters to &quot;uproot the weeds from the fields,&quot; a reference to the Kikuyu, accused of using their political superiority to take land in the Rift Valley\">ondersteuners <\/span><\/span>aangemoedig om &#8220;die onkruid uit die veld te roei&#8221;, &#8216;n verwysing na die Kikoejoe.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span title=\"Outside Eldoret, a rough dirt track borders Ruto's maize fields and banana plantations.\">Buite Eldoret, op &#8216;n byna onbegaanbare grondpad tussen mielielande en piesangplantasies, staan &#8216;n <\/span><span title=\"A gleaming new car \u2013 a Toyota Corona \u2013 is parked outside his house, incongruous among the goats and chickens.\">blink nuwe motor &#8211; &#8216;n duur Toyota &#8211; geparkeer buite &#8216;n armoedige hut. Soos &#8216;n seer duim staan die ryding uit tussen die bokke en hoenders wat in die stof dwaal op soek na kos. <\/span><span title=\"The smartly dressed villager, who did not want to be identified, juggles different phones as he talks.\">Die deftige eienaar praat behendig op verskillende selfone.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span title=\"Two sources say he was given a car and cash to drop his testimony that backed allegations that the violence against the Kikuyu was pre-planned, but it is a charge he denies.\">Twee bronne s\u00ea dat hy &#8216;n motor en kontant ontvang het om sy getuienis te laat vaar oor bewerings dat die geweld teen die Kikoejoe vooraf beplan was, maar dit is &#8216;n aanklag wat hy ontken. <\/span><span title=\"&quot;I never came under any pressure,&quot; he said.\">Hy s\u00ea hy was aan geen druk onderwerp nie en die motor het hy self gekoop.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span title=\"Instead, he said, he became disenchanted with the ICC, which he felt was collecting evidence to fit a preconceived story of organised violence.\">Die IS, s\u00ea hy, is besig om bewyse in te samel om &#8216;n vooropgestelde verhaal van georganiseerde geweld te pas. <\/span><span title=\"In particular, he accused the Centre Against Torture, a local NGO that was helping identify potential witnesses, of coaching them.\">In die besonder, het hy &#8216;n plaaslike nie-regeringsorganisasie wat gehelp het om die potensi\u00eble getuies af te rig, daarvan beskuldig dat hulle &#8216;n eie agenda najaag. <\/span><span title=\"He said he was told to say he &quot;saw&quot; rather than he &quot;heard&quot;, and that he attended a meeting when he had only heard about it.\">Hy het ges\u00ea hy is aanges\u00ea om te s\u00ea hy &#8220;sien&#8221; eerder as wat hy &#8220;hoor&#8221;.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span title=\"The Centre Against Torture did not respond to a request for comment.\">Die NRG, die <\/span><span id=\"result_box\" lang=\"af\"><span title=\"The Centre Against Torture did not respond to a request for comment.\"><em>Centre Against Torture<\/em> het nie reageer op &#8216;n versoek vir kommentaar nie.<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span title=\"Meanwhile, the Kenyan media have sustained a steady pressure against the ICC, dubbing it the &quot;colonial court&quot; for the perception that it puts only Africans on trial.\">Intussen verwys die Keniaanse media deur die bank na die &#8220;koloniale hof&#8221;. <\/span><span title=\"Since the opening of the trial against Ruto and radio presenter Joshua Arap Sang, newspapers have leaked the identities of prosecution witnesses, forcing court proceedings to continue in private sessions.\">Sedert die aanvang van die verhoor teen Ruto en radio-aanbieder Josua Arap Sang, het koerante die identiteite van al die getuies laat uitlek, wat hofverrigtinge daarna noodgedwonge in camera laat voortgaan het.<\/span><\/p>\n<p style=\"text-align: justify;\"><span title=\"The Kenyan media are &quot;the instrument of propaganda in Kenya against the ICC, and against Kenyans who have stood for accountability,&quot; sayssaid Ndung'u Wainaina, head of human rights group ICPC in Nairobi.\">Die Keniaanse media is die instrument van propaganda teen die IS, die kolonialiste en wit rassiste. <\/span><span title=\"&quot;Anybody seen as providing information on post-election violence has become a target.&quot;\">Enigiemand wat inligting oor die post-verkiesinggeweld rugbaar maak, het &#8216;n teiken geword omdat hy saamwerk met die witman.<br \/>\n<\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>AU-leiers dreig om uit die Internasionale Strafhof te onttrek, wat pogings om menseregte-vergrype en volksmoorde op die kontinent onder die soeklig te bring, sal striem. Alhoewel die onderskeie lidlande van die AU ondertekenare van die Roomse Verdrag is teen sulke vergrype, sal &#8216;n politieke besluit deur die AU die Verdrag erg knou. 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