"The court had unanimously convicted Kushayb on 31 counts, including attacks against civilians, murder, torture, rape, pillaging, destruction of property, persecution, and forcible transfer of population between 2003 and 2004. Abd-Al-Rahman was a leading member of Sudan's infamous Janjaweed militia who participated actively in multiple war crimes during the civil war, the court found. Judge Joanna Korner, who passed the sentence, said he had personally perpetrated beatings, including with an axe, and given orders for murders."
"The International Criminal Court has sentenced a former leader of the Janjaweed militia to 20 years in prison for committing atrocities in Sudan's Darfur region. Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, 76, also known as Ali Kushayb, was sentenced on Tuesday following his conviction in October for war crimes and crimes against humanity."
Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, also known as Ali Kushayb, received a 20-year ICC prison sentence after conviction on 31 counts for crimes in Darfur during 2003–2004. Convictions include attacks against civilians, murder, torture, rape, pillaging, destruction of property, persecution, and forcible transfer of population. The court found Abd-Al-Rahman was a leading Janjaweed member who participated in multiple war crimes, personally ordered murders and committed beatings. Victims described campaigns of extermination, humiliation and displacement. Abd-Al-Rahman denied being Ali Kushayb and claimed mistaken identity. Prosecutors sought life imprisonment and highlighted killings with an axe. Darfur faces renewed mass atrocities amid renewed Sudanese conflict.
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