ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda seeks war crimes charges against Mali suspect
Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud is suspected of crimes including enforcing policies that led to the sexual enslavement of women and girls
08 July 2019 - 17:59
The Hague — The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) has asked judges to approve war crimes and crimes against humanity charges against a man suspected of committing atrocities in Timbuktu in Mali.
Al Hassan Ag Abdoul Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud is suspected of crimes including destroying cultural monuments and enforcing policies that led to the sexual enslavement of women and girls, allegedly committed while he acted as the de-facto chief of Islamic police in Timbuktu during a 2012/2013 rebel takeover of the city...
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