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Re:US sanctions International Criminal Court officials by lazyjones on Thursday September 03, 2020 @04:12AM (#24361847)
This is just nonsense with an offensive remark on top. The EU and USA regularly sanction people who do none of the things you mentioned, just to punish their respective governments.

For example: https://www.sanctionsmap.eu/#/main/details/33/lists?search=%...

https://www.sanctionsmap.eu/#/main/details/member?search=%7B...

"press photographer in Germany"

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Re:US sanctions International Criminal Court officials by mola on Thursday September 03, 2020 @04:31AM (#24361945)
Did you read the allegations? These are people accused of stealing money from the tunisian population. For me it falls under oppression of citizens. Even if you don't agree, they are criminals. Not war crime prosecutors, whose crime is investigating war crimes.

So what if the guy also works as a press photographer? Does that give him immunity from being a criminal?

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Re:US sanctions International Criminal Court officials by lazyjones on Thursday September 03, 2020 @12:05PM (#24365449)
> These are people accused of stealing money from the tunisian population. For me it falls under oppression of citizens.

Sure, you can redefine everything as it suits you. "Stealing money fron the Tunisian population" is similar to tax fraud. You turn it into a war crime or being dictators.

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Re:US sanctions International Criminal Court officials by austhrow743 on Thursday September 03, 2020 @05:24AM (#24362265)
Lacking recognition of legitimacy, a court is just a kidnapping gang.
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