(AFP) - London, July 4 - Hard attack by Amnesty International that the African Union has decided to oppose the arrest warrant issued by the International Criminal Court in The Hague against Omar al Bashir, the Sudanese president accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity '. Lack of cooperation by Member of the African Union "shows contempt for those in Darfur who have suffered gross violations of human rights and the African Union makes a laughingstock of the community 'internationally, "said the director of Amnesty's Africa Programme, Erwin van der Borght." Supporting a person is accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity ', it undermines the credibility' of states that have acceded to the Rome Statute, and the African Union and its' full, "said van der Borght. Thirty African countries have signed the Statute in Rome in 1998 gave birth to the International Criminal Court in The Hague. The position taken by Amnesty comes just hours after the African Union decision not to cooperate in the arrest of Bashir again asking the UN to postpone the case. The EU decision, taken during the last summit in Sirte, Libya, allows Bashir to travel freely throughout the African continent without the risk of being arrested. The text and 'was supported by Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, the current rotating EU president, who attacked the Court in The Hague claiming to represent the "new world of terrorism."
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