Two source-led files examine very different records: a completed international conviction for attacks on Timbuktu’s protected heritage, and the still-open investigation into the abduction and murders of two RFI journalists in Kidal.
These files distinguish public claims and identified suspects from facts established in court. An active investigation is not a conviction.
Files appear here when a reliable court has established an identifiable defendant’s criminal responsibility.
The labels follow the strongest documented procedural status, not a presumption based on public claims.
The Al Mahdi file is classified as adjudicated because the ICC recorded a guilty plea, conviction and sentence for the charged attacks.
The Dupont and Verlon file remains unresolved. AQIM’s claim, identified suspects and the death of a principal suspect do not substitute for a completed prosecution.
All artwork is symbolic and non-documentary. It does not recreate the killings or present imagined evidence.
Short answers on scope and classification.
Two verified files are published: one adjudicated cultural-heritage war-crime case and one unresolved journalist-abduction and murder investigation.
No. AQIM claimed responsibility and French authorities identified suspects, but the judicial investigation remains active and no completed trial has established full criminal responsibility.
Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi pleaded guilty before the ICC, which convicted and sentenced him for attacks on protected buildings in Timbuktu.
