{"id":24492,"date":"2012-07-03T07:45:53","date_gmt":"2012-07-03T05:45:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/24492-020712-icc-mali-smashing-of-religious-sites-in-mali-is-a-war-crime-says-bensouda.html"},"modified":"2012-07-03T07:45:53","modified_gmt":"2012-07-03T05:45:53","slug":"020712-icc-mali-smashing-of-religious-sites-in-mali-is-a-war-crime-says-bensouda","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.justiceinfo.net\/en\/24492-020712-icc-mali-smashing-of-religious-sites-in-mali-is-a-war-crime-says-bensouda.html","title":{"rendered":"02.07.12 - ICC\/ MALI - SMASHING OF RELIGIOUS SITES IN MALI IS A WAR CRIME, SAYS BENSOUDA"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>The Hague, July 2, 2012 (FH) -International Criminal Court Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda has said\u00a0 Islamist militants' destruction of holy sites in the historic Malian city of Timbuktu is a war crime.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>She was reacting to the ongoing smashing of shrines by the Ansar Dine group, which has controlled northern Mali since April 1.\u00a0<\/p>\n<p>\u201cMy message to those involved in these criminal acts is clear: stop the destruction of the religious buildings now,\" Bensouda told AFP in an interview in Dakar. \"This is a war crime which my office has authority to fully investigate.\"<\/p>\n<p>Mali ratified the ICC Treaty in August 2000, meaning that the ICC Prosecutor can open an inquiry once this is approved by the judges. The Malian government also threatened at the weekend to pursue the authors of these crimes both at home and abroad.<\/p>\n<p>Ansar Dine today attacked one ofthe city's most historic mosques after destroying several shrines during the weekend, according to the BBC. The group claims these historic treasures contravene its strict interpretation of Islam.<\/p>\n<p>Timbuktu is a UNESCO World Heritage site.<\/p>\n<p>SM\/ER\/JC<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The Hague, July 2, 2012 (FH) -International Criminal Court Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda has said\u00a0 Islamist militants' destruction of holy sites in the historic Malian city of Timbuktu is a war crime.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":64,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[555],"tags":[],"ji_location":[],"class_list":["post-24492","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-hirondellenews"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO Premium plugin v25.3.1 (Yoast SEO v25.3.1) - https:\/\/yoast.com\/wordpress\/plugins\/seo\/ -->\n<title>02.07.12 - ICC\/ MALI - SMASHING OF RELIGIOUS SITES IN MALI IS A WAR CRIME, SAYS BENSOUDA - 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