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Sudanese military authorities on Sunday detained Ahmed Haroun, a former senior government official wanted by the International Criminal Court (ICC) for alleged war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Darfur.
Haroun’s National Congress Party confirmed his detention in a statement Sunday, demanding his release and saying authorities had provided no justification. Accounts differed over where he was detained.
The ICC issued an arrest warrant for Haroun in April 2007, listing 20 counts of crimes against humanity and 22 counts of war crimes allegedly committed in Darfur in 2003 and 2004. The alleged crimes include murder, rape, persecution, forcible transfer and torture.
Haroun served as minister of state for the interior under former president Omar al-Bashir. According to the ICC, he allegedly coordinated government bodies and Janjaweed militia involved in the Darfur counterinsurgency campaign, including through the recruitment, arming and funding of militia members.
Sudanese authorities initially detained Haroun following al-Bashir’s overthrow in April 2019. He was held in Kober prison in Khartoum but left custody after fighting erupted between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in April 2023. The ICC prosecutor’s July 2023 report to the UN Security Council described Haroun as reportedly released from the prison.
The Security Council referred the Darfur situation to the ICC through Resolution 1593 in 2005. Although Sudan is not a party to the Rome Statute, the resolution requires its government and all other parties to the conflict in Darfur to cooperate fully with the court and its prosecutor.
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Haroun’s National Congress Party confirmed his detention in a statement Sunday, demanding his release and saying authorities had provided no justification. Accounts differed over where he was detained.
The ICC issued an arrest warrant for Haroun in April 2007, listing 20 counts of crimes against humanity and 22 counts of war crimes allegedly committed in Darfur in 2003 and 2004. The alleged crimes include murder, rape, persecution, forcible transfer and torture.
Haroun served as minister of state for the interior under former president Omar al-Bashir. According to the ICC, he allegedly coordinated government bodies and Janjaweed militia involved in the Darfur counterinsurgency campaign, including through the recruitment, arming and funding of militia members.
Sudanese authorities initially detained Haroun following al-Bashir’s overthrow in April 2019. He was held in Kober prison in Khartoum but left custody after fighting erupted between the Sudanese Armed Forces and the paramilitary Rapid Support Forces in April 2023. The ICC prosecutor’s July 2023 report to the UN Security Council described Haroun as reportedly released from the prison.
The Security Council referred the Darfur situation to the ICC through Resolution 1593 in 2005. Although Sudan is not a party to the Rome Statute, the resolution requires its government and all other parties to the conflict in Darfur to cooperate fully with the court and its prosecutor.
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