US EditionInternational court unseals arrest warrant for Mali suspect accused of crimes in Timbuktu in 2012
- The International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant for Iyad Ag Ghaly, leader of Ansar Dine, a militant Islamist group in the Sahel region, linked to the takeover of Timbuktu in 2012.
- Ghaly, also known as Abou Fadl, faces charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity from 2012-2013.
- The ICC believes Ghaly was the undisputed leader of Ansar Dine during the city's capture, jointly controlled with al-Qaeda. The court aims to bring justice to victims in Mali.
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The International Criminal Court (ICC) has issued an arrest warrant against Iyad Ag Ghaly. Ghaly is suspected of war crimes and crimes against humanity between 2012 and 2013 in northern Mali. Ghaly is suspected of, among other things, murder, rape, mutilation, and religiously motivated violence. He is also suspected of an attack on a military base where forty soldiers not involved in fighting were executed. The arrest warrant was issued in 2017 …
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International court unseals arrest warrant for Mali suspect accused of crimes in Timbuktu in 2012
The International Criminal Court has unsealed an arrest warrant 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.
ICC unveils arrest warrant for top Sahel militant leader
THE HAGUE: International Criminal Court judges on Friday made public an arrest warrant for one of the Sahel’s top militant leaders over alleged atrocities in the fabled Malian city of Timbuktu from 2012 to 2013. Iyad Ag Ghaly, age not given, is said to be the undisputed leader of the Al-Qaeda-linked Group for the Support of Islam and Muslims (JNIM), which operates in Mali, Burkina Faso and Niger. The JNIM is accused of numerous attacks against…
ICC unseals arrest warrant against Iyad Ag Ghaly over Mali war crimes
THE HAGUE (Reuters) -The International Criminal Court (ICC) published an arrest warrant on Friday against Iyad Ag Ghaly, the alleged leader of the Ansar Dine Islamist group which took over Timbuktu in northern Mali in 2012. Ghaly, also known as Abou Fadl, is accused of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity between January 2012 and January 2013, the court said. The arrest warrant against him was issued in 2017 under seal but made publ…
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