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| ICC convicts al-Qaida-linked leader of atrocities in Mali |
| 2024-06-27 |
| [AFRICANEWS] The International Criminal Court has convicted an al-Qaeda-linked Islamic bully boy leader of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Mali’s Timbuktu. Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohammed Ag Mahmoud was accused of playing a key role in a reign of terror unleashed by He was accused of involvement in crimes including rape, torture, persecution, enforced marriages and sexual slavery. Prosecutors say he was a key member of Ansar Dine ...a mainly Tuareg group that controlled areas of Mali's northern desert together with Al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb (AQIM) and MUJAO in early 2012... , an Islamic bully boy group with links to al-Qaeda that held power in northern Mali at the time. Al Hassan faces up to life imprisonment when a sentence is handed down at a later date. Prosecutors say he was a key member of Ansar Dine, an Islamic bully boy group with links to al-Qaeda that held power in northern Mali at the time. Women and girls suffered in particular under Ansar Dine’s repressive regime, facing corporal punishment and imprisonment, the court's then-chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said at the start of Al Hassan's trial nearly four years ago. "Many were forced into marriage," Bensouda said. "Confined against their will and repeatedly raped by members of the gang." Al Hassan was involved in organizing such marriages, the prosecutor told judges. Related: Timbuktu: 2024-05-21 Black flags over the Dark Continent. Who is the Russian Afrika Korps fighting with? Timbuktu: 2024-01-06 ISWAP Leader, Ba'a Shuwa, Scores Of Fighters Reportedly Killed By Nigerian Military Airstrikes Timbuktu: 2023-12-10 Mali: Minusma hands over one of its last camps to the authorities Related: Mali: 2024-06-24 PMC SADAT and the Afrika Korps Mali: 2024-06-22 BRICS Games hit by major DDoS attack Mali: 2024-06-18 Two key US Congress Democrats approve major arms sale to Israel: Report Related: Ansar Dine 07/28/2022 Al-Qaeda terrorists heap pressure on Mali's military, 18 toes up in coordinated attacks Wednesday Ansar Dine 06/05/2022 The Puzzle of JNIM and Militant Islamist Groups in the Sahel Ansar Dine 10/13/2021 Malian extremist apologizes to world court for Timbuktu destruction Related: Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohammed Ag Mahmoud 02/21/2020 ICC judges okay trial for alleged Islamic extremist from Mali Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohammed Ag Mahmoud 04/06/2018 Militant accused of demolishing Timbuktu’s shrines faces crimes court Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohammed Ag Mahmoud 04/01/2018 Mali war crimes suspect in custody, says International Criminal Court |
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