"not a speck of evidence" : Denial in Sudan

Warrants Issued for Darfur Suspects

By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS May 2, 2007 Filed at 6:14 a.m. ET

THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) -- The International Criminal Court has issued arrest warrants for a Sudanese government minister and a janjaweed militia leader suspected of committing war crimes in Darfur, the court

. . .In February, Moreno-Ocampo named Harun, Sudan's minister for humanitarian affairs, and Kushayb, a janjaweed militia leader, as suspects in a total of 51 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity including the murder, rape, torture and persecution of civilians in Darfur. . . . Harun is currently in the Sudanese capital, Khartoum.

Justice Minister Mohamed Ali al-Mardi has said the Sudanese authorities conducted their own investigation into Harun's activities and found ''not a speck of evidence'' against him.

The Sudanese government says it has arrested Kushayb pending an internal investigation, but several witnesses told The Associated Press in Darfur that he was freely traveling from one Darfur town to another under police protection. . .