國際刑事法院判定中非民兵領袖有罪

史蒂芬妮・范登貝赫（Stephanie van den Berg）報導By Stephanie van den Berg

海牙9月23日（路透社）——國際刑事法院法官週三判定一名前中非共和國塞雷卡民兵領袖犯下危害人類罪，其中包括酷刑罪。THE HAGUE, Sept 23 (Reuters) - Judges at the International Criminal Court convicted on Wednesday a former Seleka militia leader from the Central African Republic of crimes against humanity including torture.

檢方指控馬哈馬特・賽義德・阿卜杜勒・卡尼管理一座監獄，疑似支持時任總統弗朗索瓦・柏席斯（Francois Bozize）的人士在獄中遭毆打與酷刑。卡尼否認所有指控。Prosecutors accused Mahamat Said Abdel Kani of running a prison where suspected supporters of then-President Francois Bozize were beaten and tortured. He denied all charges.

審判長米亞塔・瑪麗亞・桑巴表示，賽義德與其他人監督對囚犯的毆打與酷刑，這是鎖定首都班基被認為支持柏席斯者的計畫之一。Presiding judge Miatta Maria Samba said that Said and others oversaw beatings and torture of prisoners as part of a plan to target perceived Bozize supporters in the capital Bangui.

他被判4項危害人類罪成立，包括迫害與酷刑。法官駁回多項戰爭罪指控，認定在所稱罪行發生時，武裝衝突已經結束。He was found guilty on four counts of crimes against humanity including persecution and torture. The judges dismissed several war crimes charges, finding that at the time the alleged crimes were committed the armed conflict had already ended.

以穆斯林為主的叛軍組織塞雷卡，在桑戈語意為「聯盟」，於2013年在中非共和國長年內戰中奪取政權，推翻柏席斯。其統治引發以基督徒為主的敵對「反巴拉卡」（anti-Balaka）民兵興起。The predominantly Muslim rebels known as Seleka, or "alliance" in the Sango language, seized power in 2013 as part of the Central African Republic's long-running civil war, ousting Bozize. Their rule gave rise to opposing "anti-Balaka" Christian-dominated militias.

國際刑事法院自2014年起調查中非共和國的暴力事件。該法院已判定兩名「反巴拉卡」領袖有罪，而賽義德是首名被判有罪的塞雷卡成員。The ICC has been investigating the violence in the Central African Republic since 2014. It has convicted two "anti-Balaka" leaders, but Said is the first Seleka member to be convicted.

賽義德身穿牛仔褲與藍色運動衫，週三在宣讀判決時沒有反應。Said, dressed in jeans and a blue sweatshirt, gave no reaction as the verdict was read out on Wednesday.

另一場聽證會將決定他的刑期。A separate hearing will determine his sentence.

中非共和國政府尚未立即對賽義德被定罪作出回應。There was no immediate reaction to Said's conviction from the Central African Republic's government.

奈莉・阿祖卡泰梅（Nelly Azoukateme）認為自己的兒子與兄弟曾遭該民兵組織綁架。她稱這項判決是「一場小小的勝利」。Nelly Azoukateme, who believes her son and brother had been abducted by the militia, called the verdict "a small victory".

她告訴路透社：「他被判有罪，讓我稍微安心，也讓許多其他受害者同樣感到些許安慰。不過，法院駁回多項指控，幾乎肯定會導致刑期較輕。」"The fact that he was found guilty brings me some peace of mind, and the same is true for many other victims. However, the fact that the court dismissed several charges will most certainly result in a lighter sentence," she told Reuters.

（史蒂芬妮・范登貝赫報導；帕科姆・帕班吉補充報導；巴特・梅耶、安德魯・考索恩與桑吉夫・米格拉尼編輯）(Reporting by Stephanie van den Berg; Additional reporting by Pacome Pabandji; Editing by Bart Meijer, Andrew Cawthorne and Sanjeev Miglani)