"The previous day, prosecutor Julian Nicholls had demanded the maximum penalty for the enthusiastic, energetic and effective perpetrator of abuses carried out in the western Darfur region. Prosecutors say that among his crimes, Abd-Al-Rahman killed two people with an axe. You literally have an axe murderer before you, Nicholls told the judges in The Hague, as Abd-Al-Rahman looked on. Only a life sentence will serve the interest of retribution and deterrence."
"Last month, Abd-Al-Rahman was convicted of 27 counts, including mass murders and rapes, for leading government-backed Janjaweed militia forces in the Darfur region in western Sudan on a campaign of killing and destruction from 2003 to 2004. It was the first time the ICC had convicted a suspect of crimes in Darfur, a region that is once again seeing mass atrocities amid a vicious civil war."
"Convicted of Darfur atrocities in the 2000s, Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman claims he is a victim of mistaken identity. Prosecutors have called for a life sentence for a Sudanese militia leader convicted of committing crimes against humanity during the East African country's previous civil war more than two decades ago. The International Criminal Court (ICC) opened a sentencing hearing for Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman (also known as Ali Kushayb) on Tuesday."
Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, also known as Ali Kushayb, was convicted last month on 27 counts including mass murder and rape for leading government-backed Janjaweed militia campaigns of killing and destruction across Darfur from 2003 to 2004. The conviction marked the ICC's first guilty finding for Darfur crimes. Prosecutors urged a life sentence, describing him as an enthusiastic, energetic and effective perpetrator who killed victims, including two people with an axe. Defence lawyers seek a seven-year term and argue mistaken identity, a claim rejected by judges. A sentencing hearing opened at The Hague after Abd-Al-Rahman fled to the Central African Republic in February 2020.
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