Abdel Rahim Mohammed Hussein

Abdel Rahim Mohammed Hussein ( Arabic عبد الرحيم محمد حسين, DMG ʿAbd ar-Raḥīm Muḥammad Ḥusain , * 1949 in Dunqula ) was Minister of the Interior and Defense of the Republic of Sudan .

biography

From 1993 to 2005 he was Minister of the Interior and then Minister of Defense. During his tenure as Minister of the Interior, he opened the National Ribat University (NRU). In later years he was charged with aiding the Janjawid and war crimes. These allegations were denied by him and the government.

On December 2, 2011, Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo moved the International Criminal Court , the pre-trial chamber of the court, to issue an arrest warrant for Abdel Rahim Mohammed Hussein for war crimes and crimes against humanity.

On March 1, 2012, the International Criminal Court issued an arrest warrant against him.

In the wake of the 2019 coup , Hussein was arrested for corruption and the death of demonstrators.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Mike Corder: Prosecutor Seeks Arrest Of Abdelrahim Mohamed Hussein, Sudan's Defense Minister, For Role In Atrocities. (No longer available online.) In: The Huffington Post . December 2, 2011, archived from the original on December 24, 2015 ; accessed on March 21, 2012 (English). 
2. ^ The ICC issues a warrant of arrest for the Sudanese Minister Abdel Raheem Muhammad Hussein. March 1, 2012, archived from the original on March 4, 2012 ; accessed on March 21, 2012 (English). 
3. ↑ Mildred Europa Taylor: AU says NO to military gov't, deposed leader moved into prison. face2faceafrica.com, April 17, 2019, accessed April 20, 2019

Web links

• ICC Prosecutor Presents New Case in Darfur ( Memento from December 3, 2011 in the Internet Archive ) ICC press release. December 2, 2011. Retrieved December 2, 2011.
• The ICC issues a warrant of arrest for the Sudanese Minister Abdel Raheem Muhammad Hussein. ( Memento of March 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) ICC. Retrieved March 1, 2012
• Abdel-Rahim Mohamed Hussein. Sudan Tribune, March 2, 2012