After Australian prosecutors dropped the case for “advocating genocide” against Israeli official Mark Regev, the plaintiff says the matter will now be sent to the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
The charge of “advocating genocide” against Australian Mark Regev, a former Israeli ambassador to Britain and spokesman for Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, will head to the International Criminal Court after Australia’s prosecution service dropped the case following a diplomatic note from Israel.
The charge against Regev was brought initially in a private prosecution by Uncle Robbie Thorpe, an indigenous Krautungalung Elder and human rights advocate.
Thorpe charged Regev with aligning himself as a government spokesman with statements made by Netanyahu and former Defense Minister Yoav Gallant, which the U.N. special rapporteur for the Palestinian occupied territories called genocidal.
Regev made the statements in an interview with the Australian public broadcaster ABC, which, Thorpe argues, violated s.80.2D of the Australian criminal code (1995) for “advocating genocide,” which carries a maximum sentence of seven years in prison.
Addressing supporters outside the Melbourne courthouse at the case’s first hearing on Oct. 9, Thorpe told supporters: “I find it offensive that this country that committed genocide against us is now allowing our country to be used as a base to advocate genocide against Palestinian people.” (more...)
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