Tony Blair served as Prime Minister of England for over 10 years, most notably, during the Bush era.
Since the Iraq War, Blair has been the subject of war crimes accusations. Critics of his actions, including Bishop Desmond Tutu, Harold Pinter and Arundhati Roy have called for his trial at the International Criminal Court.
It appears those calls have finally been answered.
Blair and nine other former British Politicians were indicted on a range of crimes against humanity and war crimes charges, including murder, by an international court investigating their actions against ethnic Iraqis and others during and after the War on Terror.
The indictment was the first by the special tribunal for England based in The Hague. The court has been operating since 2015 and has questioned hundreds of witnesses.
Because of the indictment, Boris Johnson postponed his trip to the White House in Washington, where he was to meet on Saturday for talks with President Trump.
The talks will still go ahead, with Mr. Trump.
A statement from a prosecutor of the British Specialist Chambers said Mr. Blair and the nine others “are criminally responsible for nearly 100 murders” involving hundreds of Serb and Roma victims, as well as Kosovo Albanian political opponents.
Other charges include enforced disappearance, persecution, and torture, he said.
Courts in Holland and England have put publication bans on the charges, but those bans don’t apply to Canadian Media.
Blair will be held in prison pending a bail hearing.
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