Mahamat Said Abdel Kain, a former Central African Republic ‘Seleka’ faction commander, took part in beatings and mistreatment of prisoners suspected of supporting ousted President Francois Bozize, an International Criminal Court prosecutor said
THE HAGUE, Oct 12 - A former Central African Republic "Seleka" faction commander took part in beatings and mistreatment of prisoners suspected of supporting ousted President Francois Bozize, an International Criminal Court prosecutor said on Tuesday.
Judges will decide within 60 days of the end of the hearings on Wednesday whether or not to confirm some or all of 14 charges against Said, including persecution and torture, and move the case closer to trial."We say the evidence overwhelmingly shows that Mr Said was in the room where it happened. He encouraged it, he facilitated it - but he also took part in beatings and mistreatment," prosecutor Karim Khan told the judges.
The Central African Republic has been mired in violence since a coalition of mostly northern and predominantly Muslim rebels known as Seleka, or "alliance" in the Sango language, seized power in March 2013, ousting Bozize. Prosecutors said there was no way for Said not to have known of the mistreatment of the prisoners in one detention centre because his office was directly above the room where they were held.
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