Ali Kushayb

Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman, commonly known as Ali Kushayb, is a former senior Janjaweed commander and current International Criminal Court (ICC) war crimes suspect.cite web |url=http://www.crin.org/resources/infoDetail.asp?ID=12629 |title=International Criminal Court names first Darfur war crimes suspects |accessdate=2007-08-10 |work=CRIN.org|publisher=Child Rights Information Network |date=2007-02-27] He was known as "aqid al oqada" ("colonel of colonels") and was active in Wadi Salih, West Darfur.cite web |url=http://web.amnesty.org/pages/sdn-170707-feature-eng |title=Time for justice in Darfur |accessdate=2007-08-10 |work=web.amnesty.org |publisher=Amnesty International] On February 27, 2007, Prosecutor Luis Moreno-Ocampo charged Kushayb with crimes against civilians in Darfur during 2003 and 2004, accusing him of ordering killings, rapes, and looting. An ICC arrest warrant was issued for him and Ahmed Haroun, his co-defendant, on May 2, 2007.cite web |url=http://www.trial-ch.org/en/trial-watch/profile/db/facts/ali_kushayb_622.html?AN=1 |title= Ali Kushayb |accessdate=2007-08-10 |work= trial.ch.org|publisher=Trial Watch] In April 2008 he was released from Sudanese custody for lack of evidence. [International Criminal Court. "Public Redacted Version of the Prosecutor’s Application under Article 58. (14 July 2008)."]

ee also

*Cases before the International Criminal Court#Darfur, Sudan

References

External links

* [http://www.icc-cpi.int/cases/Darfour/c0205/c0205_all.html The Prosecutor v. Ahmad Muhammad Harun ("Ahmad Harun") and Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman ("Ali Kushayb")] at the International Criminal Court