国际刑事法院周日裁定，前塞雷卡（Seleka）反政府武装指挥官马哈马特·赛义德·阿卜杜勒·卡尼（Mahamat Said Abdel Kani）犯有危害人类罪，原因是他曾在中非共和国首都班吉对囚犯实施酷刑和虐待。这些暴行发生于十多年前中非共和国国内冲突期间。量刑程序预计将在国际刑事法院的另一次听证会上进行。
The International Criminal Court convicted former Seleka rebel commander Mahamat Said Abdel Kani of crimes against humanity on Sunday for torturing and abusing prisoners in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic. The abuses took place more than a decade ago during CAR's civil conflict. Sentencing proceedings are expected to follow in a separate ICC hearing.
国际刑事法院周日裁定，前塞雷卡反政府武装指挥官马哈马特·赛义德·阿卜杜勒·卡尼犯有危害人类罪，认定他在十多年前对关押在中非共和国首都班吉的囚犯实施了酷刑和虐待。卡尼曾指挥塞雷卡联盟的一支分遣队，该联盟于2013年夺取了中非共和国的政权，但于次年被驱逐。
The International Criminal Court convicted former Seleka rebel commander Mahamat Said Abdel Kani on Sunday of crimes against humanity, finding that he tortured and abused prisoners held in Bangui, the capital of the Central African Republic, more than a decade ago. Kani commanded a detachment of the Seleka coalition, which seized power in CAR in 2013 before being driven out the following year.
位于海牙的国际刑事法院法官认定，在中非共和国国内冲突最激烈时期，卡尼监管了对被指控支持敌对派系的平民进行的任意拘留和虐待。这一裁决是国际刑事法院为追究武装组织领导人在中非地区长期冲突中所犯暴行责任而采取的一系列行动中的最新进展。
Judges at the court in The Hague found that Kani oversaw the arbitrary detention and mistreatment of civilians accused of supporting rival factions during the height of CAR's civil conflict. The ruling is the latest in a series of ICC efforts to hold armed group leaders accountable for atrocities committed across Central Africa's long-running conflicts.
量刑程序预计将在另一次听证会上进行，卡尼保留通过法院上诉分庭对判决提出上诉的权利。中非共和国多年来一直面临派系暴力冲突，人权组织表示，这一判决释放了一个信号，即战时暴行不会被无限期地免于惩罚。
Sentencing proceedings are expected to follow in a separate hearing, and Kani retains the right to appeal the verdict through the court's appeals chamber. The Central African Republic has faced years of factional violence, and rights groups say the conviction sends a signal that impunity for wartime abuses will not be indefinite.