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Timbuktu's jihadist police chief guilty of war crimes
The International Criminal Court (ICC) has convicted the former head of the Islamic police in Mali's historic city of Timbuktu for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Prosecutors say al-Hassan ag Abdoul Aziz ag Mohamed ag Mahmoud led a "reign of terror" in Timbuktu after it was overrun in 2012 by the al-Qaeda-linked Ansar Dine group.
Hassan, who remained emotionless as the verdict was read out in The Hague, was acquitted on charges linked to rape, sexual slavery and imposing forced marriages on women.
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Hassan was handed over to the ICC in 2018 by the Malian authorities - five years after French troops helped liberate Timbuktu from the jihadists.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2ee4208mlzo
Prosecutors say al-Hassan ag Abdoul Aziz ag Mohamed ag Mahmoud led a "reign of terror" in Timbuktu after it was overrun in 2012 by the al-Qaeda-linked Ansar Dine group.
Hassan, who remained emotionless as the verdict was read out in The Hague, was acquitted on charges linked to rape, sexual slavery and imposing forced marriages on women.
...
Hassan was handed over to the ICC in 2018 by the Malian authorities - five years after French troops helped liberate Timbuktu from the jihadists.
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/c2ee4208mlzo
The things he was found guilty of include torture, amputations and floggings.