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Annan hands ICC list of perpetrators of post-election violence in Kenya
Kofi Annan has given the International Criminal Court a sealed envelope with the names of the main suspects responsible for Kenya's post-election violence last year.
The list of about a dozen people includes at least two senior cabinet ministers and will increase the pressure on Kenya's coalition government to establish a special local tribunal. Annan, who brokered an end to the crisis last year, had pledged to hand over the names if the government failed to hold accountable those most responsible for orchestrating the violence.
"Justice delayed is justice denied," said Annan, on behalf the African Union Panel of Eminent African Personalities, today.
"The people of Kenya want to see concrete progress on impunity. Without such progress, the reconciliation between ethnic groups and the long-term stability of Kenya is in jeopardy."
Civil society groups in Kenya welcomed Annan's move. The ICC prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo has already launched a preliminary investigation in the case and indicated his willingness to open a full inquiry if no local justice occurs.