News Muncher - searching for crimes

ICC sentences al-Qaida-linked former police chief to 10 years for war crimes in Mali

THE HAGUE — The International Criminal Court sentenced an al-Qaida-linked extremist leader to 10 years in prison on Wednesday for war crimes and crimes against humanity carried out when he headed the Islamic police in the historic desert city of Timbuktu in the west African country of Mali. The 48-year-old was a member of Ansar Dine, an Islamic extremist group …

War Crimes

The International Criminal Court on Wednesday sentenced a jihadist police chief to 10 years in jail for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during a reign of terror in the fabled Malian city of Timbuktu. ICC sentences Timbuktu war criminal to 10 years ICC judges had convicted Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud, 47, in June …

ICC sentences Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz to 10 years over Mali war crimes

Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz was convicted in June of war crimes and crimes against humanity during the 2012-13 period when Ansar al-Din ruled Timbuktu. Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz was convicted in June on charges including torture, rape and sexual slavery, as well as destroying religious and historic buildings, while serving as police chief after the al-Qaeda-linked Ansar al-Din …

Crimes

ICC convicts al-Qaeda-linked leader of war crimes in Mali’s Timbuktu

The International Criminal Court has convicted an al-Qaeda-linked leader of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Mali, during an alleged reign of terror between 2012 and 2013 in the city of Timbuktu. Prosecutors said Al Hassan was a key member of Ansar al-Din, an al-Qaeda-linked group that held power in northern Mali in 2012. However, during the trial, which …

International court unseals arrest warrant for Mali suspect accused of crimes in Timbuktu in 2012

THE HAGUE, Netherlands — The International Criminal Court unsealed an arrest warrant Friday for a Malian accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity in the desert city of Timbuktu in 2012-13, where he is suspected of leading an al-Qaida-linked Islamic extremist group. The court said in a statement that there are “reasonable grounds to believe that he would be …

Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud is charged with war crimes, crimes against humanity and sexual slavery. Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud, 42, who was active in Timbuktu during 2012 and 2013, has been charged with war crimes, crimes against humanity, rape and sexual slavery. ICC prosecutors said there were “substantial grounds” to …