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The Independent UK
The Independent UK
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Molly Quell

The International Criminal Court's chief lashes out at threats from Russia and a US senator

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The president of the International Criminal Court lashed out on Monday at Russia for targeting its prosecutors and judges over the panel’s investigation of Russian President Vladimir Putin, and slammed comments by a U.S. senator threatening the court.

Judge Tomoko Akane said in her address to the annual meeting of the world's top war-crimes court that attacks against the ICC were shameful — referring to Russia's arrest warrants for the court’s chief prosecutor Karim Khan and several of its judges.

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