ICC Orders $8.5M for Timbuktu Victims

0:00It's April 28th. This is Global News Today World Coverage, powered by AI. Judges at the International Criminal Court just ordered 7.25 million euros. That's about 8.5 million dollars. In. Compensation for more than 65,000 victims of all Hassan, Ag Abdul Aziz. He was a top guy in the Islamist police force that took over Timba II, Mali, back in 2012, enforcing strict Sharia law with public, flogging and harsh punishments. The reparations will mostly go toward group efforts like education programs, job training, and mental health support with a big focus on women and girls who got hit the hardest. Their daily lives were locked down tight, forced to wear specific clothes just to step outside, leaving many terrified of the world beyond there. Victims and witnesses still carried deep scars from those public whippings, Al Hassan helped carry out or oversaw events that shook the whole community.

1:02Women faced the worst persecution as one of his key crimes, controlling every move they made. He got convicted last June on 8 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity, but can't put the bill himself, so the court's trust fund for. Victims steps in to cover it. They've got until next January to draw up a plan for judges to sign off on. This fits the ICC's push for justice in Mali since 2012, when French and Mali enforces finally draw about the rebels the next year, helping victims start healing after years of terror.