Islamic Extremist Pleads Guilty to Destroying Holy Sites in Mali
The trial that signals the first time the International Criminal Court has pursued a prosecution for the destruction of cultural artifacts as a war crime. [Source]
Publication Date:Origin: nytimes.com
Category: War Crimes, Genocide and Crimes Against Humanity
Topics: crime, artifacts, cultural, destruction, prosecution, pursued, Court, Criminal, International, first, signals, trial, Sites, Destroying, Guilty, Pleads, Extremist, Islamic
Source: http://www.nytimes.com/2016/08/23/world/europe/ahmed-al-mahdi-hague-trial.html?partner=rss&emc=rss