Human rights leader berates Adam Habib for views over al-Bashir

24 July 2015 - 17:47
By S’Duduzo Dludla

The former United Nations High Commissioner for Human Rights called out Wits University vice-chancellor Adam Habib for his comments about Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir and the International Criminal Court's (ICC) indictment of him. Addressing the annual Public Interest Law Gathering at the University of the Witwatersrand in Johannesburg this week‚ Judge Navi Pillay said it was regrettable that Habib "unfairly berated" the Southern Africa Litigation Centre‚ Human Rights Watch director Ken Ro...

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