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Wearing a blue suit, waistcoat and a bright red tie, Abd-Al-Rahman listened calmly to the verdict, occasionally taking notes. Presiding judge Joanna Korner narrated disturbing details of widespread assaults and killings, including one incident in which Abd-Al-Rahman forced about 50 civilians onto trucks, beat some with axes, and then made them lie on the ground before ordering troops to execute them.
The announcement, made in a joint statement by the military-led governments, intensifies the Sahel nations’ breakaway from Western institutions.
The 80-year-old is accused of bearing criminal responsibility for a series of murders tied to the crackdown, which claimed the lives of thousands of suspected drug dealers and users, many executed without trial.
Although Kony remains at large, his interests were represented during the hearings by Defence Counsel Peter Haynes, KC.
The fugitive warlord faces 39 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, including murder, rape, torture, enslavement and sexual slavery, allegedly committed between July 2002 and December 2005 in northern Uganda.
Judges will hear 39 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity against Kony, including murder, torture, rape, sexual slavery and pillaging at the ICC's first-ever in absentia hearing.
Murkomen said he will not be shaken by those accusing police officers of crimes in the course of enforcing law and order during recent protests.
The court found that Ngaïssona played a leading role in supporting anti-Balaka militias that targeted Muslims, while Yekatom led fighters who carried out killings in the capital, Bangui.
He is suspected of either directly committing, ordering or supervising acts such as murder, rape and torture between 2015 and 2020 at the detention facility.