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Story summary
- Mahamat Said Abdel Kani was convicted by the International Criminal Court of persecution and torture.
- He was found guilty on four crimes-against-humanity counts and acquitted of three war-crime charges.
- Kani directed Bangui’s Central Office for the Repression of Banditry prison, where detainees suffered beatings, mutilation and starvation.
- The court determined he personally beat at least one prisoner and will face sentencing later, potentially life imprisonment.