Mahamat Tahir, a co-accused with two other perpetrators of the massacre of 46 villagers in northwestern Central African Republic (CAR) in May 2019, lays on a stretcher due to the effect of a hunger strike he started 21 days ago, during the verdict of an historical and a long-awaited trial in the Special Criminal Court in Bangui on October 31, 2022. - A court in the Central African Republic (CAR) in a historic ruling on Monday sentenced three members of an armed group to terms ranging from 20 years to life for crimes against humanity.
Issa Sallet Adoum, Ousman Yaouba and Tahir Mahamat were accused of taking part in an attack by the 3R armed group in May 2019 in which 46 civilians in northwest CAR were massacred.
The Special Criminal Court, a tribunal of local and international judges, sentenced Adoum to life and the others to 20 years after its first-ever trial. (Photo by Barbara DEBOUT / AFP)