The former prominent leader of the Sudanese militia, Goldid Ali Mohamed Ali Abdel Rahman, appears in a hearing on war crimes and crimes against humanity that was committed during the Darfur conflict in 2003-2004 in the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
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Lagos, Nigeria-The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague Ali Muhammad Ali Abdel-Rahman, a leader of the famous Guaid Sudan militia, condemned his role in the atrocities committed during the genocide in the western region of Darfur for more than 20 years. This is the first condemnation of the court of crimes in Darfur, as similar violence erupted again in the Sudanese civil war.
Judges found that mass killings and sexual violence were part of a plan supported by the former government of Sudan to crush a rebellion by African ethnic groups in the western region. Abdul Rahman, also known by Nom De Guerre Ali KushayB, was. I am convicted of 27 chargesIt was implemented between August 2003 and April 2004.
Corner said: “The accused was not just providing orders … Rather, he was personally involved in the beating and after that he was physically present and issued orders to implement those detainees,” Corner said.
Abd al -Rahman, who claimed that his identity was mistaken, will be sentenced to a later time and faces a maximum life sentence. Born in 1949, Abdel Rahman fled to the Central African Republic in February 2020 after the Sudanese new government announced that it would cooperate with an investigation into the International Criminal Court. He later greeted himself, saying he was “desperate” and fears that the authorities would kill.
The conflict in Darfur continued from 2003 to 2020, and is widely considered 21street The first genocide in the century. During that time, the United Nations estimates that the conflict killed 300,000 people and forced 2.5 million of their homes.
When reading the verdict, Corner narrated the horrific crimes committed by Abd al -Rahman, including gangs’ obstacle, abuse, and mass killing. Although the International Criminal Court has succeeded in prosecuting Abdul Rahman, Several arrest orders remain great Against Sudanese officials, including one who accuses former Sudanese President Omar Al -Bashrai of genocide, which is what he denies. Bashir, who was expelled in the 2019 coup, is said to be held in northern Sudan.
During the trial, Karim Khan, the Attorney General of the International Criminal Court, said that Abdel Rahman and the Jolded militia “wander” through Darfur and “caused severe pain and suffering on women, children and men in the villages he left in his heels.”
Janjaweed later evolved to the Rapid Support Forces (RSF), which has been fighting the Sudanese Armed Forces (SAF) since 2023. RSF is accused of before USThe United Nations and others committing another genocide in Darfur, which led to the displacement of thousands, which leads to famine and leadership of the region towards a new humanitarian catastrophe.