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Ex-CAR militia leader freed by ICC after all charges dropped

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The International Criminal Court said Thursday it had released Maxime Mokom, a former militia leader in the Central African Republic (CAR), shelving its war crimes case against him after the prosecutor dropped all charges.

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Maxime Jeoffroy Eli Mokom Gawaka talks to legal counsel during a session of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the case against Maxime Jeoffroy Eli Mokom Gawaka in The Hague on August 22, 2023.

Maxime Jeoffroy Eli Mokom Gawaka talks to legal counsel during a session of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the case against Maxime Jeoffroy Eli Mokom Gawaka in The Hague on August 22, 2023. © Piroschka van de Wouw, AFP

Prosecutor Karim Khan said his office had concluded there were “no longer any reasonable prospects of conviction at trial even if the charges were confirmed”. Mokom was released from custody on Tuesday, the ICC said later in a statement.

He had faced charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity over alleged atrocities committed against Muslim civilians in the CAR, a former French colony, by his self-proclaimed self-defence militias in 2013 and 2014.

One of the world’s poorest countries, the CAR was plunged into bloody sectarian conflict after Seleka rebels, a coalition of armed groups mainly composed of Muslims, ousted president Francois Bozize in early 2013.

Mokom’s militias, which called themselves “anti-Balaka” – meaning “anti-machete” – formed in reaction to the takeover of the capital, Bangui, by the Seleka.

He had denied involvement in the bloodshed, telling ICC judges in August he was “dedicated to the search for peace”.

Mokom said he returned to the CAR in February 2014 during the height of the violence after having fled to the neighbouring Democratic Republic of Congo.

The charges Mokom had faced included directing attacks against the civilian population, murder, rape and pillage.

Prosecutor Khan said the decision to drop those charges was taken after considering all the evidence and “changed circumstances regarding the availability of witnesses”.

It had become clear that “several critical witnesses” were unavailable to testify and that the ongoing investigation was “unlikely to result in new evidence,” the prosecutor said in his submission to the court.

Prosecutors said they had been unable to interview potential witnesses, including “insider witnesses” in recent weeks. “It is also not anticipated that further witnesses with similar evidence will be identified or come forward in the near future,” they added.

Victims ‘sad and disappointed’

Khan said his office reserved the right to request a new arrest warrant if more evidence came to light and addressed those affected by the atrocities in the country.

“I am very conscious that this news may be unwelcome to many survivors and their families,” he said. “I hope many will understand my legal and ethical responsibilities to be guided by the law and the evidence.”

A lawyer representing the victims described the decision as a “betrayal” and said her clients were “sad and immensely disappointed”.

“It’s completely upsetting and unfair and the victims can only deplore such brutal and unilateral behaviour,” said Elisabeth Rabesandratana in a statement sent to AFP.

The ICC issued an arrest warrant for Mokom in 2018 and he was finally handed over by Chadian authorities last year.

Set up in 2002, the ICC is the world’s only independent tribunal capable of prosecuting those accused of the world’s worst crimes.

Anti-Balaka attacks continued on Muslim civilians even after Seleka forces retreated from Bangui, until at least December 2014. The CAR remains troubled and peace agreements signed in 2017 and 2019 have not been respected on the ground.

Many armed groups, rebels and assailants continue a guerrilla campaign of sporadic attacks against the Central African army, which is supported by mercenaries from the Russian private security company Wagner.

International NGOs and experts mandated by the United Nations regularly accuse both sides of crimes and abuses against civilians.

Two other former anti-Balaka leaders, Patrice-Edouard Ngaissona and Alfred Yekatom, are already on trial at the ICC.

Last year, Seleka commander Mahamat Said Abdel Kani denied war crimes and crimes against humanity charges before the court.

(AFP)

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