Name: Ali Muhammad Ali Abd-Al-Rahman
AKA: Ali Kushayb (Ali Kushayb, Ali Kosheib, Ali Kouchib, Ali Kosheb, Ali Koshib and Ali Koship)
Alleged crime: Ali Kushayb is accused of war crimes and crimes against humanity in Darfur, Sudan. During 2003-4 Kushayb was allegedly the most senior Janjaweed commander in the Mukjar / Wadi Saleh area in West Darfur - he was known as the 'colonel of colonels'. He allegedly came to command many thousands of Janjaweed militiamen and led the joint government-militia “ethnic cleansing’ operations in Wadi Saleh. Kushayb himself is accused of leading a number of attacks against civilian villages, during the course of which civilians were killed, women raped, property looted and buildings razed to the ground.
Read more at the TRIAL website (available in English, French and German)
Read more at the Hague Justice Portal
Court or tribunal: International Criminal Court: Arrest warrant.
Status: At large. Last known whereabouts
Country guide: Sudan
