| 词条 | Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi |
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Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi (also known as Abu Tourab) was a member of Ansar Dine, a Tuareg Islamist militia in North Africa. Al-Mahdi pleaded guilty in the International Criminal Court (ICC) in 2016 for the war crime of attacking religious and historical buildings in the Malian city of Timbuktu. Al-Mahdi was the first person convicted by the ICC for such a crime. He was sentenced to nine years in prison. BiographyAl-Mahdi was born approximately in 1975[1] in Agoune, Mali, which is 97 km west of Timbuktu.[2] In 2011, he was a civil servant in the Malian government.[3] He is an ethnic Tuareg and during the Northern Mali conflict, that began in 2012, he was a member of Ansar Dine. Al-Mahdi worked closely with the leaders of Ansar Dine and al-Qaeda in the Islamic Maghreb, when the two groups controlled Timbuktu. Specifically, he enforced decisions of the Islamic Court of Timbuktu and from May to September 2012, he ran the "Manners' Brigade".[4] ICC prosecution{{Main|International Criminal Court investigation in Mali}}The ICC opened a formal investigation on Mali on 16 January 2013 to investigate alleged crimes, that occurred since January 2012 in the context of an armed conflict in the north of the country.[5] The court issued an arrest warrant for al-Mahdi on 18 September 2015. The arrest warrant alleges, that from about 30 June 2012 to 10 July 2012 in Timbuktu, al-Mahdi committed the war crime of intentionally directing attacks against historical monuments or buildings dedicated to religion. The case against al-Mahdi represented the first time, the ICC had indicted an individual for the war crime of attacking religious buildings or historical monuments and it was the first case, before the ICC arising out of the situation in Mali.[4] The arrest warrant listed ten monuments in Timbuktu, at least one of which is a World Heritage Site, that al-Mahdi attacked:[4]
On 26 September 2015, al-Mahdi was surrendered to the court by the government of Niger and transferred to the court's detention center in The Hague, Netherlands.[4] Al-Mahdi's trial began on 22 August 2016 and he pleaded guilty to the charges of destroying nine mausoleums and a mosque.[6][2] As the first person to plead guilty to a charge of the ICC, al-Mahdi made a statement, expressing remorse and advising others, not to commit similar acts.[7] On 27 September 2016, al-Mahdi was sentenced to nine years in prison for the destruction of the cultural world heritage in the Malian city of Timbuktu.[2] External links
References1. ^{{cite web|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/news/archive/2016/09/timbuktu-verdict-icc/501761/|title=Nine Years for the Cultural Destruction of Timbuktu|publisher=The Atlantic|date=27 September 2016}} {{ICC indictees (NavBox)}}{{DEFAULTSORT:Mahdi, Ahmad al-Faqi al-}}2. ^1 2 [https://www.bbc.com/news/world-africa-37438360 Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi: The vandal of Timbuktu], BBC News (September 27, 2016). 3. ^{{cite web|url=https://trialinternational.org/latest-post/ahmad-al-faqi-al-mahdi/|title=AHMAD AL-FAQI AL-MAHDI|publisher=Trial International|date=27 September 2016}} 4. ^1 2 3 {{Cite web|url=http://www.icc-cpi.int/en_menus/icc/press%20and%20media/press%20releases/Pages/pr1154.aspx|title=Situation in Mali: Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi surrendered to the ICC on charges of war crimes regarding the destruction of historical and religious monuments in Timbuktu|publisher=International Criminal Court|date=2015-09-26|accessdate=2015-09-26}} 5. ^{{Cite web|url=http://www.icc-cpi.int/en_menus/icc/press%20and%20media/press%20releases/news%20and%20highlights/Pages/pr869.aspx|title=ICC Prosecutor opens investigation into war crimes in Mali: "The legal requirements have been met. We will investigate"|publisher=International Criminal Court|date=2013-01-16|accessdate=2015-09-26}} 6. ^[https://www.icc-cpi.int/mali/al-mahdi/Documents/AlMahdiEng.pdf "Case Information Sheet: Situation in the Republic of Mali, The Prosecutor v. Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160803043957/https://www.icc-cpi.int/mali/al-mahdi/Documents/AlMahdiEng.pdf |date=2016-08-03 }}, icc-cpi.int, June 2016. 7. ^{{cite news|last=Calamur|first=Krishnadev|title=Repenting for the Cultural Destruction of Timbuktu|url=https://www.theatlantic.com/news/archive/2016/08/the-timbuktu-trial/496838/|newspaper=The Atlantic|date=2016-08-22|accessdate=2016-08-22}} 9 : Living people|Malian Islamists|People convicted by the International Criminal Court|People detained by the International Criminal Court|People extradited from Niger|People from Tombouctou Region|People indicted for war crimes|Tuareg people|Year of birth missing (living people) |
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