In the Ndélé 2 case, six defendants were found guilty of crimes against humanity, including murder, attempted murder, inhuman acts and persecution, and war crimes, and sentenced to between 18 and 25 years’ imprisonment
LONDON, United Kingdom, June 20, 2025/APO Group/ --
Reacting to the news that the Special Criminal Court has convicted six former combatants of the Popular Front for the Rebirth of the Central African Republic (Front populaire pour la renaissance de la Centrafrique) for crimes against humanity and war crimes, Alice Banens, Legal Adviser at Amnesty International, said:
“The decision handed down by the Special Criminal Court (SCC) in the Ndélé 2 case represents a breakthrough in the fight against impunity for serious crimes committed in the Central African Republic. Light has been shed on the atrocities committed in Ndélé in March 2020.
“However, four of the six people found guilty and given heavy sentences were convicted in absentia. Amnesty International considers that the defendant’s right to be present at their trial, to prepare their defence with their lawyer, and to address the Court directly are pillars of the right of defence, without which there can be no fair trial.
“Several suspects who are accused of serious crimes and subject to arrest warrants from the SCC are still at large. This situation continues to deprive victims of their right to truth, justice and effective reparation. The execution of arrest warrants is essential if the fight against impunity is not to be selective.”
Background
In the Ndélé 2 case, six defendants were found guilty of crimes against humanity, including murder, attempted murder, inhuman acts and persecution, and war crimes, and sentenced to between 18 and 25 years’ imprisonment. In March 2020, the town of Ndélé, in the north-east of the country, was attacked by members of the Popular Front for the Rebirth of the Central African Republic, an armed group from the former Séléka coalition. The violence left dozens dead and displaced hundreds of people.
The Special Criminal Court is a hybrid court set up in the Central African Republic in 2018. It is composed of Central African and non-Central African judges and personnel. It was created to investigate, prosecute and judge the most serious crimes committed since 2003.
The Ndélé 2 case is the third to be heard by the SCC since the effective start of its judicial work, following the Paoua and Ndélé 1 cases.
In 2020 and 2021, Amnesty International published two reports analyzing the challenges facing the SCC. The organization called for increased support for the Court and greater transparency.
Distributed by APO Group on behalf of Amnesty International.
I didnt agree with her politics but this is just disgusting. At what point do the civilians stand up against Al Shabab? Perhaps this is what the civilians want from 21 years of civil war to an Islamic shyt hole. Will Africa ever get its shyt together? Has anyone else stopped caring?
Exactly what was about her politics that you did not like?
You mean Somali politics and not the warped Somaliland crap?
Somalia is Somalia! No Qabil! No break up!
I really laughed when I heard recently that Somalilanders despised her.
I mean the song “Land Cruiser” was in support of the Isaaq people.
They agreed back then, she stood for you!
It’s convenient to disagree now, because she spoke and sang of a united Somalia.
She stopped singing Land Cruiser because its time is over and done with!
The sickness can only be stopped when Somalis come together as one nation!!!!
Not South, not Puntland, and not Somaliland but Somalia!!!!
Adam, really? “Somaliland Crap?” Your hypocrisy is so transparent. You are claiming to promote one Somalia while belittling Somaliland. When are you guys going to stop pretending to care about all Somalis? Sado Ali did not fight for Somalia, she fought for her tribe. You can defend her all you want but she was the biggest tribalist and you know it. Regardless, she has to answer to her Maker. Allah ha u naxariisto.
You got that right, and do not forget that it was these crap people who bombed our inhabited cities like Hargeisa over innocent women and children heads. these people are the hypocrites who themselves turned the Somalis into thieves and prostitutes. They stole the nation’s assets and their dignity and turned the former Somali army into a tribal malitia. These small handed shits who want to rule the whole former Somalia can not administer small village. They are sick with envy so do not think their concern a genuine one.
Let these bastards know that our memory is still fresh and we will never forget our martyrs who gave us their dear lives so that Somaliland lives on.
She was a Somali hero.. we lost a legend..Alayaraxma