ICC jails two militia leaders for Muslim attacks in Central African Republic
One of the alleged leaders of Central African Republic militias, Alfred Yekatom (left) and former Central African Republic’s soccer executive and alleged militia leader, Patrice-Edouard Ngaissona at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands.
Judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday convicted two men of leading Christian-dominated militias in attacks on Muslims in the Central African Republic in 2013 and 2014 and sentenced them to up to 15 years in prison.
Judges said Patrice-Edouard Ngaissona, a former football executive, and militia commander Alfred Yekatom helped to lead a campaign of violence against Muslim civilians and convicted them of war crimes and crimes against humanity including murder, torture, forcible transfer and persecution of Muslim civilians.
