It is in SA’s best interests to fight against terrorism, but the country has to be pushed to fight crimes against humanity. This is the view of a researcher on the eve of an appeal by the state before the Constitutional Court against a reduced sentence for terrorist Henry Okah. Okah‚ a Nigerian national with permanent residence status in SA‚ was convicted by the Johannesburg High Court in 2013 for two bombings that occurred in Nigeria in 2010. Two car bombs in Warri killed one person in March 2010‚ and another two explosions in Abuja killed 12 and injured 36 on October 1 2010. Okah was tried using terror legislation‚ which gives SA jurisdiction to try crimes committed outside the borders of the country. He was sentenced to 24 years.
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