World News – AU – WHO chief may be charged with genocide

NEW YORK – David Steinman, a Nobel Peace Prize nominee American economist, has called for World Health Organization chief to be prosecuted for genocide. In a complaint filed with the International Criminal Court in The Hague, the American economist accused WHO Director General Tedros Adhanom Ghebreyesus of directing the Ethiopian security forces, which killed, arbitrarily arrested and tortured Ethiopians. DR. Tedros was one of three officers who had control of the Ethiopian security services from 2013 to 2015. DR. Tedros, 55, who took over WHO three years ago, is the first head of the organization without a medical qualification. He was the country’s health minister from 2005 to 2012 and foreign minister until 2016 when his Tigray People’s Liberation Front party was the main member of the ruling coalition. In his complaint, Steinman referred to a 2016 report by the US government on human rights in Ethiopia, which found that « civil authorities at times had no control over the security forces, and local police in rural areas and local militias sometimes independent acted « . . Steinman added that the US report cited « other documented crimes ». . He accused Dr. . Tedros for being involved in « intimidation of opposition candidates and supporters », including « arbitrary arrest » . . . and lengthy pre-trial detention « . Steinman, a former advisor to the US National Security Council, was a senior foreign advisor to the Ethiopian democracy movement for 27 years until it triumphed in 2018 under current Prime Minister Abiy Ahmed Ali. – Agencies

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