Danish Siddiqui: Family of slain journalist takes Taliban to ICC

March 25, 2022March 25, 2022

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Danish family Siddiqui, Reuters photo journalist who was killed in Afghanistan last year, has filed a complaint to the Taliban International Criminal Court (ICC), Avi Singh lawyer, who represented the Siddiqui family, said.

We have just submitted in the presence of a International Criminal Communication that handles crime and war crimes against humanity in the context of what happens to Denmark Siddiqui,” said Singh, added that “there was sufficient independent evidence that he was tortured, killed and him . Body mutilated “.

Siddiqui, who won the 2018 Pulitzer prize for its coverage of the Rohingya refugee crisis, was killed last July while reporting in the Spin Boldak district in Kandahar Province in South Afghanistan.

Some reports and investigations, including by this reporter, have harmed the details of illegal detention, torture and siddiqui murder and mutilation of their bodies. Afghan command, sediq Karzai, was also killed with the journalist.

The Taliban refused to restore his body to the authorities. We must make some appeals to their leaders, and reason that he is Muslim and deserves to be buried, “Jan Mohammad, a local civil activist involved with last year’s investigation, told Al Jazeera.

Mohammad’s name has been changed to protect his identity.

Finally, they agreed to surrender their bodies to the ICRC (International Red Cross and the Red Crescent Movement) which gave it to the local hospital. But when it arrived, it was very navigated so it could not be identified.

The doctor who attended this case told us that there were signs of mutilation and clear damage. It seems they run the vehicle over his body after shooting him,” said Mohammad, sharing evidence of photography reviewed by Al Jazeera.