THE Supreme Court of Appeal on Tuesday confirmed that the government acted unlawfully in its it failure to try and arrest Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir when he came to SA in June last year.Mr Bashir is wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes, crimes against humanity and genocide. The judgment means Mr Bashir, and others wanted for international crimes, will risk arrest if they visit SA.In June last year, SA was scandalised when Mr Bashir, who came to attend an African Union (AU) summit, spirited himself out of the country despite a court order that he not be allowed the leave.His departure led to a stern rebuke to the government by the judges of the Pretoria High Court.On Tuesday appeal court judge Malcolm Wallis, on behalf of a unanimous bench, also had strong words on this.He said the explanation by government — that Mr Bashir’s passport was not among those showed to the Waterkloof air base officials — was "simply risible"."Senior officials representing...
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