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Riek Machar Appears in Juba Special Court on Crimes Against Humanity Charges

Defense lawyers say the politically driven case belongs before the African Union’s hybrid court envisioned in the 2018 peace deal.

Le vice-président du Soudan du Sud, Riek Machar le 3 février 2023.
Le président du Soudan du Sud Salva Kiir (d) et son vice-président Riek Machar, lors de sa prestation de serment, le 22 février 2020 à Juba
Le président sud-soudanais Salva Kiir (D) et le premier vice-président Riek Machar lors d'une cérémonie de prestation de serment au palais présidentiel à Juba, le 22 février 2020
Riek Machar, alors vice-président de la région autonome du Sud-Soudan, le 30 mai 2011 à Khartoum, au Soudan

Overview

  • The hearing was broadcast live on state television as Machar and seven co-accused identified themselves from behind bars in Juba.
  • Prosecutors allege they coordinated a White Army assault on a Nasir military base on 3 March that the justice ministry says killed more than 250 soldiers, a major general and a UN pilot.
  • The eight defendants face counts of crimes against humanity along with murder, terrorism and conspiracy.
  • Machar has been under house arrest since March and was removed as vice-president by presidential decree hours after his 11 September indictment.
  • Machar’s camp has called for military mobilization, and UN figures cite 165,000 people displaced in three months with a further 100,000 uprooted by recent floods, fueling fears of renewed conflict.