“O Justice of Sudan, Rise and Bring Glad Tidings”

By Dr. Mohamed Hassan Mahjoub
Yesterday, Thursday, the entire world witnessed pivotal hours in the history of international justice—hours in which Sudan spoke, and the world listened intently.
Today, Sudan wrote a new chapter in the annals of international diplomacy when its Minister of Justice declared:
“We will not forget. We will not forgive. We will not be silent.”
These words—now etched into the textbooks of global statecraft—left diplomats awestruck. How could a nation besieged by internal and external aggression stand before a powerful state and speak the unvarnished truth to the world’s highest court?
At the International Court of Justice (ICJ), Sudan’s representative did not merely deliver a speech. He gave voice to the anguish of millions, inked in the blood of innocents. For the first time, Sudan’s cry rang out against an oppressor state that still believes wealth and weapons rule the world—a state that thought money could bury the truth.
Sudan’s envoy stood before the ICJ judges not to plead for himself but to demand life, justice, and dignity for an entire people. His adversary? A rogue nation that committed massacres through mercenary tools.
A Historic Indictment
For the first time in an international legal forum, the United Arab Emirates was named and shamed as a complicit actor in the genocide against our people in Darfur, particularly the Masalit tribe. The UAE now sits in the dock, accused of bankrolling a war of extermination, displacement, and destruction.
The April 10th session stunned the world. How could this war-ravaged, exhausted nation confront a state of malice, one many still mistake for a “powerful” ally? Yet we have long maintained:
The UAE is no peacemaker.
It is an active accomplice in war crimes: killing, rape, displacement, and annihilation. It funds arms and fuels the machinery of death.
Dozens of flights from Abu Dhabi to eastern Chad.
Weapons stockpiles disguised as “field hospitals.”
Blocked Red Cross access, while “humanitarian aid” delivered bullets.
Direct logistical support to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF)—the backbone of this ethnic cleansing.
The World’s Awakening
Today, Khartoum did not speak alone. The capitals of the world echoed in stunned unison.
UN sources, Security Council expert panels, and verified intelligence reports all concur: what unfolded in Darfur—especially in El Geneina and El Fasher—is a textbook genocide, with the UAE deploying mercenaries and arms to erase specific ethnic groups.
Sudan came to the ICJ not for political posturing but because massacres happened because behind the numbers lie faces, names, and dreams buried with charred bodies in El Geneina.
The Choice Before the World
Silence is no longer an option. In the realm of international justice:
Every nation—regardless of size—must choose:
Stand with the victims or collude with the executioner.
The global media, too, must wake from its selective slumber. Neither ethics nor law permits turning a blind eye to a state washing its hands of blood under false slogans.
This is not Sudan’s battle alone. It is the world’s fight against impunity.
A Promise to History
We will document every session, every word for future generations. This people did not stay silent. They faced injustice armed with truth and justice.
Victory will come—God willing—as it came for our army and people on the battlefield. Now, it shall come in the court of justice.
To Sudan’s justice, we say: Rise.
To its champions, we say: Rejoice.
For the sun of triumph now dawns in the skies of justice and equity.

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