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Ali Kushayb was convicted on 27 counts including murder and rape, marking the ICC's first Darfur war crimes conviction amid ongoing violence in the region, the UN says 300,000 died.
- The International Criminal Court sentenced a Sudanese militia leader, Ali Kushayb, to 20 years in prison for war crimes committed during the Darfur conflict between 2003 and 2020.
- The Darfur conflict was one of the world's gravest humanitarian disasters, with allegations of ethnic cleansing and genocide against the region's non-Arabic population.
- Survivors described how their villages were burned down, men and boys slaughtered, and women forced into sex slavery during Kushayb's trial.
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ICC sentences Sudan Janjaweed leader to 20 years in prison
Judges at the International Criminal Court sentenced a leader of the Sudanese Janjaweed militia in Darfur to 20 years in prison. Muhammad Ali Abd Al-Rahman was convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The International Criminal Court in The Hague has sentenced a former militia leader to 20 years in prison for war crimes in Sudanese Darfur.
The International Criminal Tribunal (ICC) has sentenced Mohamed Ali Abd al-Rahman, alias Ali Kushaib, to 20 years in prison on Tuesday for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Darfur, Sudan, since 2003. The 76-year-old convict was the leader of the Yanyaweed Arab militias, allied with former Sudanese President Omar al Bashir, and is the first person to be penalized for violence that persists in a country devastated by a civil war …
The notorious Janjaweed militia killed hundreds of thousands of people in the Sudan war. Ali Kushayb was at the head of it. In 2020, the 76-year-old now claimed life imprisonment. Now it is clear how long the militia chief really has to go to prison. About 20 years after the massacres in the Darfur region in Sudan, the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague has sentenced an ex militia chief to 20 years in prison. Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al…
Sudan: ICC Sentences Sudan Militia Chief to 20 Years for Crimes Against Humanity
The International Criminal Court Tuesday handed down a sentence of 20 years to a Sudanese militia leader for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed during the country's civil war two decades ago.
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