ICC hears closing arguments in suspected CAR militia leader case
Mahamat Said Abdel Kani is facing multiple counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes dating back to 2013.
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00:01Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court are presenting their closing arguments in the case against Mohamed Saïd Abdelkani.
00:08The alleged commander of a rebel group from Central African Republic is facing multiple counts of crimes against humanity and war crimes.
00:15He is accused of overseeing torture, persecution and enforced disappearances at detention centers in the capital Bangui in 2013.
00:23They say Saïd was part of the predominantly Muslim Seleka rebels, who seized power in that year from then-President François Bozizet.
00:31Prosecutors say documents and witness testimony shows that Saïd had complete control over the prisons and personally took part in the abuse.
00:39He pleaded not guilty to all charges when the proceedings began, with his defense team saying the evidence against him was unreliable and insufficient.
00:48The ICC has been investigating violence by the Seleka and opposing anti-Balaka Christian-dominated militia since May 2014.
00:56Saïd is however the first alleged Seleka member on trial.
01:00His defense team will give closing arguments later this week.
01:03If convicted, he faces a maximum sentence of life imprisonment.
01:08His defense team will give closing arguments.
01:10And his defense team will get the proof of the French defense team.
01:11So he said, he's going to get to the free fund in 2014.
01:15He says he will be the first alleged sewage.
01:16He is going to get to the center of the French defense team.
01:18The first of the French defense team will be the last guest in 2012.
01:21He has to say, the next guest in 2012 is, he's going to be the next guest.
01:22It's very important to know that the state is concerned that the government is going to be the next guest on the radio.
01:25And I think that, to you know, he'll be the next guest on the stage of the album.
01:27He has to have a little so-and-like text on the radio.
01:28His defense team has been announced.
01:29He has to be the last guest on the radio of September 1915.
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