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| |  | | Ahmad Mohammed Harun | | | context : | Darfur  | | judgement place : | ICC | | status : | Sought - Arrest warrant | | particulars : | Accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity; arrest warrant issued by the ICC on 2 May 2007; Red Notice issued by Interpol on 19 September 2007; released by the Sudanese government on 1st October 2007 for lack of evidence | | position : | Former Secretary of State for the Interior, head of the Darfur Security Desk |
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| | | | Ahmad Mohammed Harun was appointed as head of the “Darfur Security desk” in early 2003. The most prominent of his coordination tasks was his management of, and personal participation in, the recruitment, funding and arming of Militia (Janjaweed) – forces that would ultimately number in the tens of thousands. During a public meeting, Ahmad Harun said that as the head of the Darfur Security desk, he had been given “all the power and authority to kill or forgive whoever in Darfur for the sake of peace and security.”
The conflict involved rebel attacks on Sudanese Government installations in Darfur and a counterinsurgency campaign by the Sudanese Government against the rebels. The attacks carried out on towns and villages in Darfur did not target any rebel presence. Rather, they targeted civilian residents based on the rationale that they were supporters of the rebel forces.
According to the Prosecutor's evidence, Ahmad Harun incited the Militia on serveral occasions to carry out such attacks. Ali Kushayb is believed to have been born in 1957. His father is from the Taisha tribe from west Darfour and his mother comes from southern Sudan. He was one of the most important militia leaders in the whole Wadi Salih area to the west of Darfur. In this position, Ali Kushayb had control over the northern regions of Garsila and Deleig, to the south over the town of Mukjar as far as the border with Chad and to the west over the region of Kass up to Shattaya. At the time of the events referred to in the indictment, Kushayb was said to be the Commander of thousands of Janjaweed militiamen. In the militia command structure, he had the rank of “Aqid al Oqada” (colonel of colonels) and was also known as the “Emir des Moudjahidine” or, in other words, as “Chief of the Religious Combatants”.
On or about August 2003, Kushayb was formally given a position in the army and always introduced himself to other military personnel as a member of the Popular Defence Forces (paramilitary reserve units of the army, generally described as militia units having had military training)
According to the material produced as evidence by the prosecution, Ali Kushayb issued orders to the Janjaweed militia and to the army to carry out numerous criminal acts against the civilian population, including mass rape and other sexual brutality, inhumane treatment, murder, looting of houses and marketplaces and forced transfer of people.
The crimes invoked in the indictment were allegedly committed between August 2003 and March 2004 during attacks against four towns and villages, namely Kodoom, Bindisi, Mukjar and Arawala (in the west of Darfur).
For example, in early August 2003, prior to an attack on Mukjar, Ahmad Harun gave a speech where he stated that “since the children of the Fur had become rebels, all the Fur and what they had, had become booty”.
The Darfur conflict has been going on since 2003. According to UN-sources, at least 200'000 people have been killed and more than 2 million are thought to have been displaced.
The crimes investigated by the Prosecutor took place during attacks on the towns and villages of Kodoom, Bindisi, Mukjar and Arawala in West Darfur between August 2003 and March 2004. | |     click for more... | | Trial Watch would like to remind its users that any person charged by national or international authorities is presumed innocent until proven guilty. | |  |  | | last time seen : | | | Sudan | | | period of charges : | | | 08.2002 - 02.2007 | | | charges : | | | Crimes against humanity
War crimes | | | profile last modified : | | | 21.03.2008 |
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