Hommam Al Nassim 
On Wednesday, the International Criminal Court convicted Al-Hassan Ag Abdel Aziz Ag Mohamed Ag Mahmoud, affiliated with the Al-Qaeda terrorist organization, of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity in Mali.
During the sentencing hearing, Al-Hassan was found guilty of committing war crimes and crimes against humanity while terrorist organizations linked to Al-Qaeda controlled the city of Timbuktu, Mali, for nearly a year in 2012, and the court is expected to issue a life sentence to Al-Hassan at a later date.
The Malian government handed Al Hassan over to the International Criminal Court in 2018, and he appeared before a judge for the first time in 2019.
Following the overthrow of former President Amadou Toumani Toure in a 2012 Mali coup, the National Movement for the Liberation of Azawad and the Al-Qaeda-linked Front Ansar Dine took over Timbuktu.
The siege lasted for about a year, during which Al-Hassan served as commander of the police force responsible for enforcing the rules imposed by the terrorist organization.
Al-Hassan is being tried on numerous charges, including rape, torture, cruelty, forced marriage and sexual slavery.
He is the second person to be tried at the International Criminal Court on charges of the siege of Timbuktu in 2012. He was preceded by Ahmed al-Faqi al-Mahdi, a member of the Ansar al-Din Front, who was sentenced to 9 years in prison in 2016 on charges of destroying religious temples in Timbuktu that are listed on the UNESCO World Heritage List.
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