ICC compiles satellite evidence of war crimes in Sudan

by admin
Dec 3, 2011

The International Criminal Court is compiling evidence of war crimes allegedly committed by the Sudanese Defence Minister, Abdelrahim Mohamed Hussain, along the border between South and North Sudan.

Satellite images taken by the Satellite Sentinel Project (SSP), organised by George Clooner in partnership with the Enough Project, by John Prendergast.

Hussein is wanted by the ICC for alleged crimes committed in Darfur from August 2003 to March 2004.

According to Time magazine, an internal ICC memo highlights Hussein, as "currently central to the commission of similar crimes", and states that satellites have captured images of bombed villages in the Abyei region from late May.

The deaths of 211 civilians in South Sudan at the hands of paramilitary groups from North Sudan were also highlighted.

 

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