denied committing war crimes 7 years ago when the country descended into civil war the trial for alfred patrice. began at the international criminal court on tuesday they are accused of targeting muslims in a campaign of torture murder and rape and iraq's president condemned a series of rocket attacks in the northern city of erbil calling it a dangerous escalation 3 blasts were heard and smoke was seen near the airport where u.s. forces are stationed an iranian backed shia group claims to have targeted the military base one foreign contractor was killed and several others were wounded including a u.s. service member. those are your headlines on al-jazeera do you find a show starts right now. if you find fresh perspectives through the lens of local filmmakers around the globe. that you can. chart. or track. your writing again. yeah ok hard to tell for sure yeah yeah it's over time for dale well you know my story and i suppose yeah. yeah. whereas i was a lawyer as well as you know yeah yeah. he got a good look at the song he's alive i had one pulled. what is going on you really are. good now i. c

war crime 7 years ago when the country descended into civil war the trial for alfred khatam and patrice at the sauna began at the international criminal court on tuesday they are accused of targeting muslims in a campaign of torture murder and rape it was often muslim seleka rebels overthrew the government at the time they were allegedly leaders of a predominantly christian rebel group from its inception and i saw i was aware of the anti blockers organizational policy that policy entailed violent targeting of muslim civilians and western c.a.r. who based on their role aegis national or ethnic affiliation were perceived as collectively responsible for complicit with and supportive of the telic you will hear this referred to as the criminal policy or common purpose in our presentation reporting from the i.c.c. at the hague here is step. well this is the 1st time that the 2 main major suspects in the way for violence that happened in 20132014 in central african republic are actually on trial here it's a trial that will be closely watched also in the central african republic at the moment w

committing war crimes 7 years ago when the country descended into civil war the trial for alfred yes tom and patrice i guess sauna began at the international criminal court on tuesday they are accused of targeting muslims in a campaign of torture murder and rape and it was after muslim seleka rebels overthrew the government at the time they were allegedly leaders of a predominantly christian rebel group from its inception and i saw i was aware of the anti blockers organizational policy that policy entailed violent targeting of muslim civilians in western c.a.r. who based on their role aegis national or ethnic affiliation were perceived as collectively responsible for complicit with and supportive of the telic you will hear this referred to as the criminal policy or common purpose in our presentation. i have understood everything that has been said here and i get to critically say these counts are not correct i reject all of the charges you have laid against me which should have been done i don't recognize the charges brought against me i am not guilty following this story for us from the internation

committing war crimes 7 years ago as the country descended into civil war alfred a rebel leader known as rambo and former football official patrice it will go sauna are accused of targeting muslims in a campaign of torture murder and rape in 2013 are being tried at the international criminal court in the hague. to stay with us al jazeera world continues next hour back after that with news or tommy then if you can thanks for watching. thanks. to our. local drug. squad. bluestone how do you mean squat. and that cripple and so i see is not need to be at the end the most i want on you just say they have just pulled an idea been me me out sour bade me been. bad but damn. important move. move to the finals out had the book can turn the blood pumping will limit joe gentz. again of all your. really suggest government. should not even. when i'm seeing the. going to continue to. work as a bidet stina to us spain at 7 in a 10 year knesset. should be an african union leader shabby whatever. you feel and. what i can live it up push anybody help establish it awful bad move see jane but it's so warm our myla 30 nearly 200 and our job losses com

ago as the country descended into civil war prosecutors say alfred you cut on a rebel leader known as rambo and former football official patrice it were on sauna where senior leaders of a mainly christian movement targeted muslim civilians in a campaign of violence after muslim seleka rebels seized power in 2013 their alleged crimes include torture murder and rape your tone was arrested in 2018 not a firing a gun in central african republic parliament he says he was then tortured you know so now i was detained a month later in france so fast and of course from the hague outside and but these. listened quietly when the long list of charges was read out murder rape recruitment of child soldiers they both unite any involvement pursuit of. that mr president i repeat and i don't recognize myself in the i think is a sin against me i am not guilty. but prosecutors say they have overwhelming evidence that you got tom and i saw and i have led the anti bellegarde movement in a campaign meant to remove the muslim population from the country almost known as command the ramble and i saw not a right hand man a former president francois bois