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Ali Kushayb

Trial of Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman (Ali Kushayb) at the International Criminal Court (ICC). He is on trial for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Sudan (Darfur).
The first Darfur trial ended at the ICC
19 December 2024 by Margherita Capacci
The first trial at the International Criminal Court for crimes committed in Darfur, Sudan, came to an end, 20 years after the charged crimes. During the closing statements, from 11 to 13 December 2024, the prosecution stated that [...]
Trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC) for war crimes committed in Darfur, Sudan. Photo: Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman enters the courtroom in The Hague. ICC First Darfur case: “I am not Ali Kushayb”
26 October 2023 by Margherita Capacci
The defence case in the first Darfur trial before the International Criminal Court (ICC) started on October 19. According to his lawyers, Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman was an “anonymous pharmacist” and not Ali Kushayb, a militia [...]
Karim Khan, prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC), visits a camp set up for victims of the conflict in Darfur, Sudan. ICC: the never-ending nightmare of Darfur's victims
13 June 2023 by Margherita Capacci
This is the first trial for serious crimes committed in Darfur. On June 5 in The Hague, the victims’ representatives took the floor in the Ali-Kushayb case at the International Criminal Court (ICC), amidst ongoing violence in Suda [...]
Janjaweed rider on his horse in a village in Sudan (Darfur region) Darfur crimes on trial at the ICC
15 April 2022 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
In this podcast, our partners at Asymmetrical Haircuts, Janet Anderson and Stephanie van den Berg, are discussing the first trial to open before the International Criminal Court (ICC) on crimes committed about 20 years ago in Suda [...]
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Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-al-Rahman (alias « Ali Kushayb ») at the International Criminal Court (ICC)
5 April 2022 by Gwenaëlle Lenoir
Ali Kushayb, the first Sudanese on trial at the ICC The first Sudanese trial at the International Criminal Court opens on Tuesday April 5, with victims and other suspects held in Khartoum watching. This is one of the ICC’s first historic investigations, launched in June 2005. Forme [...]
Sudanese protesters march in Khartoum, waving flags of Sudan
22 October 2021 by Jehanne Henry
Why Handing Over ICC Suspects Could Help Sudan’s Transition The Sudanese people massively filled the streets, yesterday, to protest against the prospect of military rule, underlining tensions between the military and civilian leaders, now at an all-time high. Both sides need to restore cre [...]
Abd-al-Rahman at the ICC
1 June 2021 by Asymmetrical Haircuts
Who is Abd-al-Rahman? The ICC Prosecutor calls him « the colonel of colonels » of the Janjaweed militia that committed genocidal killings in the Sudan region of Darfur in 2003-2004. The defense claims he is actually not the man the International Crimin [...]