The International Criminal Court (ICC) has convicted the former leader of the Islamic police in Timbuktu, Mali, of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
According to prosecutors, al-Hassan ag Abdoul Aziz ag Mohamed ag Mahmoud headed a “reign of terror” in Timbuktu when it was overrun by the al-Qaeda-linked Ansar Dine organization in 2012.
Hassan, who remained stoic as the verdict was read in The Hague, Netherlands, was acquitted of counts related to rape, sexual enslavement, and forcing women into marriages.
Judges also concluded that he had no hand in the destruction of Timbuktu’s antique mausoleums.
Hassan was handed over to the ICC by Malian authorities in 2018, five years after French troops helped recapture Timbuktu from terrorists.
Ansar Dine was one of several Islamist militant groups to exploit an ethnic Tuareg uprising to take over cities in northern Mali.
In his role as police chief, Hassan oversaw punishments such as public amputations and the flogging of residents of the city, including children.
“Al Hassan has been found guilty by majority decision of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including torture, cruel treatment and outrages upon personal dignity, for the public flogging of 13 members of the population [of Timbuktu],” judge Antoine Kesia-Mbe Mindua was quoted as saying by journalists.
He was also involved in interrogations where torture was used to extract confessions, the judge said.
The prosecution case included testimony from Dédéou Maiga that he was accused of petty theft and arrested by Hassan. He was then tied to a chair in public and his hand was amputated. Maiga died in 2017.
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) welcomed the judgment in a statement, but expressed disappointment at the fact that Hassan was acquitted of the gender-based crimes.
FIDH secretary general Drissa Traoré said: “This verdict represents an important step for the victims in their quest for justice in relation to international crimes committed in Mali in 2012.”
Another Islamist militant leader who destroyed ancient shrines in Timbuktu was sentenced to nine years in jail in 2016.
Timbuktu was a major centre of Islamic learning between the 13th and 17th Centuries and was added to the Unesco world heritage list in 1988.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has convicted the former leader of the Islamic police in Timbuktu, Mali, of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
According to prosecutors, al-Hassan ag Abdoul Aziz ag Mohamed ag Mahmoud headed a “reign of terror” in Timbuktu when it was overrun by the al-Qaeda-linked Ansar Dine organization in 2012.
Hassan, who remained stoic as the verdict was read in The Hague, Netherlands, was acquitted of counts related to rape, sexual enslavement, and forcing women into marriages.
Judges also concluded that he had no hand in the destruction of Timbuktu’s antique mausoleums.
Hassan was handed over to the ICC by Malian authorities in 2018, five years after French troops helped recapture Timbuktu from terrorists.
Ansar Dine was one of several Islamist militant groups to exploit an ethnic Tuareg uprising to take over cities in northern Mali.
In his role as police chief, Hassan oversaw punishments such as public amputations and the flogging of residents of the city, including children.
“Al Hassan has been found guilty by majority decision of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including torture, cruel treatment and outrages upon personal dignity, for the public flogging of 13 members of the population [of Timbuktu],” judge Antoine Kesia-Mbe Mindua was quoted as saying by journalists.
He was also involved in interrogations where torture was used to extract confessions, the judge said.
The prosecution case included testimony from Dédéou Maiga that he was accused of petty theft and arrested by Hassan. He was then tied to a chair in public and his hand was amputated. Maiga died in 2017.
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) welcomed the judgment in a statement, but expressed disappointment at the fact that Hassan was acquitted of the gender-based crimes.
FIDH secretary general Drissa Traoré said: “This verdict represents an important step for the victims in their quest for justice in relation to international crimes committed in Mali in 2012.”
Another Islamist militant leader who destroyed ancient shrines in Timbuktu was sentenced to nine years in jail in 2016.
Timbuktu was a major centre of Islamic learning between the 13th and 17th Centuries and was added to the Unesco world heritage list in 1988.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has convicted the former leader of the Islamic police in Timbuktu, Mali, of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
According to prosecutors, al-Hassan ag Abdoul Aziz ag Mohamed ag Mahmoud headed a “reign of terror” in Timbuktu when it was overrun by the al-Qaeda-linked Ansar Dine organization in 2012.
Hassan, who remained stoic as the verdict was read in The Hague, Netherlands, was acquitted of counts related to rape, sexual enslavement, and forcing women into marriages.
Judges also concluded that he had no hand in the destruction of Timbuktu’s antique mausoleums.
Hassan was handed over to the ICC by Malian authorities in 2018, five years after French troops helped recapture Timbuktu from terrorists.
Ansar Dine was one of several Islamist militant groups to exploit an ethnic Tuareg uprising to take over cities in northern Mali.
In his role as police chief, Hassan oversaw punishments such as public amputations and the flogging of residents of the city, including children.
“Al Hassan has been found guilty by majority decision of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including torture, cruel treatment and outrages upon personal dignity, for the public flogging of 13 members of the population [of Timbuktu],” judge Antoine Kesia-Mbe Mindua was quoted as saying by journalists.
He was also involved in interrogations where torture was used to extract confessions, the judge said.
The prosecution case included testimony from Dédéou Maiga that he was accused of petty theft and arrested by Hassan. He was then tied to a chair in public and his hand was amputated. Maiga died in 2017.
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) welcomed the judgment in a statement, but expressed disappointment at the fact that Hassan was acquitted of the gender-based crimes.
FIDH secretary general Drissa Traoré said: “This verdict represents an important step for the victims in their quest for justice in relation to international crimes committed in Mali in 2012.”
Another Islamist militant leader who destroyed ancient shrines in Timbuktu was sentenced to nine years in jail in 2016.
Timbuktu was a major centre of Islamic learning between the 13th and 17th Centuries and was added to the Unesco world heritage list in 1988.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has convicted the former leader of the Islamic police in Timbuktu, Mali, of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
According to prosecutors, al-Hassan ag Abdoul Aziz ag Mohamed ag Mahmoud headed a “reign of terror” in Timbuktu when it was overrun by the al-Qaeda-linked Ansar Dine organization in 2012.
Hassan, who remained stoic as the verdict was read in The Hague, Netherlands, was acquitted of counts related to rape, sexual enslavement, and forcing women into marriages.
Judges also concluded that he had no hand in the destruction of Timbuktu’s antique mausoleums.
Hassan was handed over to the ICC by Malian authorities in 2018, five years after French troops helped recapture Timbuktu from terrorists.
Ansar Dine was one of several Islamist militant groups to exploit an ethnic Tuareg uprising to take over cities in northern Mali.
In his role as police chief, Hassan oversaw punishments such as public amputations and the flogging of residents of the city, including children.
“Al Hassan has been found guilty by majority decision of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including torture, cruel treatment and outrages upon personal dignity, for the public flogging of 13 members of the population [of Timbuktu],” judge Antoine Kesia-Mbe Mindua was quoted as saying by journalists.
He was also involved in interrogations where torture was used to extract confessions, the judge said.
The prosecution case included testimony from Dédéou Maiga that he was accused of petty theft and arrested by Hassan. He was then tied to a chair in public and his hand was amputated. Maiga died in 2017.
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) welcomed the judgment in a statement, but expressed disappointment at the fact that Hassan was acquitted of the gender-based crimes.
FIDH secretary general Drissa Traoré said: “This verdict represents an important step for the victims in their quest for justice in relation to international crimes committed in Mali in 2012.”
Another Islamist militant leader who destroyed ancient shrines in Timbuktu was sentenced to nine years in jail in 2016.
Timbuktu was a major centre of Islamic learning between the 13th and 17th Centuries and was added to the Unesco world heritage list in 1988.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has convicted the former leader of the Islamic police in Timbuktu, Mali, of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
According to prosecutors, al-Hassan ag Abdoul Aziz ag Mohamed ag Mahmoud headed a “reign of terror” in Timbuktu when it was overrun by the al-Qaeda-linked Ansar Dine organization in 2012.
Hassan, who remained stoic as the verdict was read in The Hague, Netherlands, was acquitted of counts related to rape, sexual enslavement, and forcing women into marriages.
Judges also concluded that he had no hand in the destruction of Timbuktu’s antique mausoleums.
Hassan was handed over to the ICC by Malian authorities in 2018, five years after French troops helped recapture Timbuktu from terrorists.
Ansar Dine was one of several Islamist militant groups to exploit an ethnic Tuareg uprising to take over cities in northern Mali.
In his role as police chief, Hassan oversaw punishments such as public amputations and the flogging of residents of the city, including children.
“Al Hassan has been found guilty by majority decision of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including torture, cruel treatment and outrages upon personal dignity, for the public flogging of 13 members of the population [of Timbuktu],” judge Antoine Kesia-Mbe Mindua was quoted as saying by journalists.
He was also involved in interrogations where torture was used to extract confessions, the judge said.
The prosecution case included testimony from Dédéou Maiga that he was accused of petty theft and arrested by Hassan. He was then tied to a chair in public and his hand was amputated. Maiga died in 2017.
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) welcomed the judgment in a statement, but expressed disappointment at the fact that Hassan was acquitted of the gender-based crimes.
FIDH secretary general Drissa Traoré said: “This verdict represents an important step for the victims in their quest for justice in relation to international crimes committed in Mali in 2012.”
Another Islamist militant leader who destroyed ancient shrines in Timbuktu was sentenced to nine years in jail in 2016.
Timbuktu was a major centre of Islamic learning between the 13th and 17th Centuries and was added to the Unesco world heritage list in 1988.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has convicted the former leader of the Islamic police in Timbuktu, Mali, of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
According to prosecutors, al-Hassan ag Abdoul Aziz ag Mohamed ag Mahmoud headed a “reign of terror” in Timbuktu when it was overrun by the al-Qaeda-linked Ansar Dine organization in 2012.
Hassan, who remained stoic as the verdict was read in The Hague, Netherlands, was acquitted of counts related to rape, sexual enslavement, and forcing women into marriages.
Judges also concluded that he had no hand in the destruction of Timbuktu’s antique mausoleums.
Hassan was handed over to the ICC by Malian authorities in 2018, five years after French troops helped recapture Timbuktu from terrorists.
Ansar Dine was one of several Islamist militant groups to exploit an ethnic Tuareg uprising to take over cities in northern Mali.
In his role as police chief, Hassan oversaw punishments such as public amputations and the flogging of residents of the city, including children.
“Al Hassan has been found guilty by majority decision of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including torture, cruel treatment and outrages upon personal dignity, for the public flogging of 13 members of the population [of Timbuktu],” judge Antoine Kesia-Mbe Mindua was quoted as saying by journalists.
He was also involved in interrogations where torture was used to extract confessions, the judge said.
The prosecution case included testimony from Dédéou Maiga that he was accused of petty theft and arrested by Hassan. He was then tied to a chair in public and his hand was amputated. Maiga died in 2017.
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) welcomed the judgment in a statement, but expressed disappointment at the fact that Hassan was acquitted of the gender-based crimes.
FIDH secretary general Drissa Traoré said: “This verdict represents an important step for the victims in their quest for justice in relation to international crimes committed in Mali in 2012.”
Another Islamist militant leader who destroyed ancient shrines in Timbuktu was sentenced to nine years in jail in 2016.
Timbuktu was a major centre of Islamic learning between the 13th and 17th Centuries and was added to the Unesco world heritage list in 1988.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has convicted the former leader of the Islamic police in Timbuktu, Mali, of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
According to prosecutors, al-Hassan ag Abdoul Aziz ag Mohamed ag Mahmoud headed a “reign of terror” in Timbuktu when it was overrun by the al-Qaeda-linked Ansar Dine organization in 2012.
Hassan, who remained stoic as the verdict was read in The Hague, Netherlands, was acquitted of counts related to rape, sexual enslavement, and forcing women into marriages.
Judges also concluded that he had no hand in the destruction of Timbuktu’s antique mausoleums.
Hassan was handed over to the ICC by Malian authorities in 2018, five years after French troops helped recapture Timbuktu from terrorists.
Ansar Dine was one of several Islamist militant groups to exploit an ethnic Tuareg uprising to take over cities in northern Mali.
In his role as police chief, Hassan oversaw punishments such as public amputations and the flogging of residents of the city, including children.
“Al Hassan has been found guilty by majority decision of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including torture, cruel treatment and outrages upon personal dignity, for the public flogging of 13 members of the population [of Timbuktu],” judge Antoine Kesia-Mbe Mindua was quoted as saying by journalists.
He was also involved in interrogations where torture was used to extract confessions, the judge said.
The prosecution case included testimony from Dédéou Maiga that he was accused of petty theft and arrested by Hassan. He was then tied to a chair in public and his hand was amputated. Maiga died in 2017.
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) welcomed the judgment in a statement, but expressed disappointment at the fact that Hassan was acquitted of the gender-based crimes.
FIDH secretary general Drissa Traoré said: “This verdict represents an important step for the victims in their quest for justice in relation to international crimes committed in Mali in 2012.”
Another Islamist militant leader who destroyed ancient shrines in Timbuktu was sentenced to nine years in jail in 2016.
Timbuktu was a major centre of Islamic learning between the 13th and 17th Centuries and was added to the Unesco world heritage list in 1988.
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has convicted the former leader of the Islamic police in Timbuktu, Mali, of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
According to prosecutors, al-Hassan ag Abdoul Aziz ag Mohamed ag Mahmoud headed a “reign of terror” in Timbuktu when it was overrun by the al-Qaeda-linked Ansar Dine organization in 2012.
Hassan, who remained stoic as the verdict was read in The Hague, Netherlands, was acquitted of counts related to rape, sexual enslavement, and forcing women into marriages.
Judges also concluded that he had no hand in the destruction of Timbuktu’s antique mausoleums.
Hassan was handed over to the ICC by Malian authorities in 2018, five years after French troops helped recapture Timbuktu from terrorists.
Ansar Dine was one of several Islamist militant groups to exploit an ethnic Tuareg uprising to take over cities in northern Mali.
In his role as police chief, Hassan oversaw punishments such as public amputations and the flogging of residents of the city, including children.
“Al Hassan has been found guilty by majority decision of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including torture, cruel treatment and outrages upon personal dignity, for the public flogging of 13 members of the population [of Timbuktu],” judge Antoine Kesia-Mbe Mindua was quoted as saying by journalists.
He was also involved in interrogations where torture was used to extract confessions, the judge said.
The prosecution case included testimony from Dédéou Maiga that he was accused of petty theft and arrested by Hassan. He was then tied to a chair in public and his hand was amputated. Maiga died in 2017.
The International Federation for Human Rights (FIDH) welcomed the judgment in a statement, but expressed disappointment at the fact that Hassan was acquitted of the gender-based crimes.
FIDH secretary general Drissa Traoré said: “This verdict represents an important step for the victims in their quest for justice in relation to international crimes committed in Mali in 2012.”
Another Islamist militant leader who destroyed ancient shrines in Timbuktu was sentenced to nine years in jail in 2016.
Timbuktu was a major centre of Islamic learning between the 13th and 17th Centuries and was added to the Unesco world heritage list in 1988.
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