🌍🏛️⚖ The International Criminal Court says it's 'undeterred' after Russia put prosecutor Karim Khan on a wanted list over his issuance of an arrest warrant for President Vladimir Putin. Read more on TheCitizenNews ⤵️
Khan’s picture could be seen in the Russian interior ministry’s database on Friday. The notice described him as a man born on March 30, 1970, in Edinburgh, Scotland, but did not specify his offence.The court also issued an arrest warrant against Maria Lvova-Belova, Russia’s presidential commissioner for children’s rights, on similar charges.
The presidency of the ICC Assembly of the States Parties said it “regrets these acts of intimidation and unacceptable attempts to undermine the mandate of the International Criminal Court”. In March, Russia’s Investigative Committee said Khan was being probed for the “criminal prosecution of a person known to be innocent.”
Kyiv says more than 16,000 Ukrainian children have been deported to Russia since the beginning of Moscow’s invasion in February 2022, with many allegedly placed in institutions and foster homes.
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