Muslim Lawyers Association Calling For Arrest Of Obama Ahead Of South African Trip Posted on June 16, 2013 praying-at-the-church-of-st-drone-1339001984-7873 The Muslim Lawyers Association (MLA) in Johannesburg wants US President Barack Obama arrested and tried for war crimes when he arrives in South Africa later this month. Group spokesman Yousha Tayob said Obama ordered drone strikes that killed innocent civilians. As a result, they are demanding his arrest when his plane lands on June 29. South Africa has the right to prosecute a war criminal on its territory, according to the Rome Statute, explained Tayob. The MLA submitted a 600-plus page document to the Office of the National Director of Public Prosecutions on Friday asking for an investigation into Obama’s involvement in the Middle East. Researchers from New York University School of Law and Stanford University Law School recently released a report entitled “Living Under Drones: Death, Injury and Trauma to Civilians From US Drone Practices in Pakistan” which found that in four years Obama commissioned five times more drone attacks than former president George W Bush did in his two terms in the White House. The report estimates drones have killed between 474 and 881 civilians, including 176 children. National Prosecuting Authority spokesman Bulelwa Makeke said the office had received the docket and was studying it, but US Embassy in South Africa’s spokesman Jack Hillmeyer said it had “no comment” on the subject.
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