{"id":190764,"date":"2011-03-09T15:34:00","date_gmt":"2011-03-09T15:34:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dabangasudan.preview.websight.nl\/two-darfur-rebels-to-stand-trial-for-killing-un-peacekeepers\/"},"modified":"2011-03-09T15:34:00","modified_gmt":"2011-03-09T15:34:00","slug":"two-darfur-rebels-to-stand-trial-for-killing-un-peacekeepers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/two-darfur-rebels-to-stand-trial-for-killing-un-peacekeepers","title":{"rendered":"Two Darfur rebels to stand trial for killing UN peacekeepers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>Abdallah Banda and Saleh Jerbo, two rebel field commanders, face trial for a murderous attack on an African Union base in 2007, an assault that killed 12 peacekeepers. Judges of Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court on Monday decided that the two men should stand trial for the attack, facing charges of \u201cviolence to life\u201d and \u201cpillaging.\u201d<!--break-->The judges \u201cfound substantial grounds to believe that Abdallah Banda and Saleh Jerbo are criminally responsible\u201d for the Haskanita attack of 29 September 2007. The assault involved approximately 1000 rebel attackers, consisting of two allied forces, one allegedly led by Banda and Bahar Idriss Abu Garda, and the other under the command of Jerbo. Abu Garda has already appeared before the ICC and judges cleared him of charges saying that there was not enough evidence to proceed in his case.<\/p>\n<p>The two rebel leaders are not currently in custody of the court. Whether they will agree to stand trial is yet unclear and no arrest warrant has been issued. Last June, Banda and Jerbo appeared voluntarily in response to a court summons.<\/p>\n<p>One issue that will be at stake during the trial will be the motive of their attack. Some commentators on the Haskanita case have said that the rebels believed a Sudanese government representative in Haskanita was using the peacekeepers\u2019 base as an observation point to direct aerial bombardment. Others have suggested the rebels were drunk during the attack.<\/p>\n<p>Abdallah Banda, born in 1963 in Tina, is currently a field commander of the Justice and Equality Movement faction known as \u2018Collective Leadership\u2019, which is part of the larger United Resistance Front led by Abu Garda.<\/p>\n<p>Jerbo was born in 1977 in Shagag Karo area in Kutum in the north of Darfur. At the time of the alleged attack in 2005, Jerbo was the chief-of-staff of the breakaway \u2018Unity\u2019 faction of the Sudan Liberation Army.<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: rgb(26, 26, 26); font-family: Arial,Helvetica,Tahoma,Verdana,'Bitstream Vera Sans',sans-serif; font-size: 11px; line-height: 15px;\">ICC Photo: Defense lawyer Karim Khan (left), Abdallah Banda (center) and Saleh Jerbo (right).<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"sws_supernormalaction\"><button on=\"tap:superwebshare-lightbox\" class=\"superwebshare_normal_button1 superwebshare-button-large superwebshare-button-square superwebshare_prompt superwebshare_button_svg\" style=\"color:#ffffff;background-color: #d52631;\" ><svg xmlns=\"http:\/\/www.w3.org\/2000\/svg\" class=\"superwebshare-svg\"  fill=\"currentColor\" viewBox=\"0 0 1000 1000\" stroke=\"currentColor\" stroke-width=\"0\"><path stroke-linecap=\"round\" stroke-linejoin=\"round\" d=\"M789.86,323.67c91.79,0,164.25-72.46,164.25-164.25S881.64,0,789.86,0S625.6,72.46,625.6,164.25c0,4.83,0,14.49,0,24.15L306.76,371.98c-24.15-24.15-57.97-33.82-96.62-33.82c-91.79,0-164.25,72.46-164.25,164.25s72.46,164.25,164.25,164.25c38.65,0,72.46-14.49,96.62-33.82L625.6,821.26c0,9.66,0,14.49,0,19.32c0,86.96,72.46,159.42,159.42,159.42s159.42-72.46,159.42-159.42s-67.63-159.42-154.59-159.42c-33.82,0-67.63,9.66-96.62,33.82L374.4,526.57c0-9.66,0-19.32,0-24.15s0-14.49,0-24.15l318.84-188.41C717.39,314.01,751.21,323.67,789.86,323.67z\" \/><\/svg><span>Share article<\/span><\/button><\/div>","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Abdallah Banda and Saleh Jerbo, two rebel field commanders, face trial for a murderous attack on an African Union base in 2007, an assault that killed 12 peacekeepers. Judges of Pre-Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court on Monday decided that the two men should stand trial for the attack, facing charges of \u201cviolence to life\u201d and \u201cpillaging.\u201d<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_acf_changed":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[27],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-190764","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-news"],"acf":[],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.3 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Two Darfur rebels to stand trial for killing UN peacekeepers - Dabanga Radio TV Online<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.dabangasudan.org\/en\/all-news\/article\/two-darfur-rebels-to-stand-trial-for-killing-un-peacekeepers\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Two Darfur rebels to stand trial for killing UN peacekeepers - Dabanga Radio TV Online\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Abdallah Banda and Saleh Jerbo, two rebel field commanders, face trial for a murderous attack on an African Union base in 2007, an assault that killed 12 peacekeepers. 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