Showing posts with label Mali. Show all posts
Showing posts with label Mali. Show all posts
September 27, 2016

ICC Ruling: Ahmad al-Faqi al-Mahdi sentenced to 9 years in prison for destruction of the fabled shrines of Timbuktu

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Arrested in Niger and transferred to The Hague in September 2015 Ahmad al Faqi al Mahdi, a one time member of the Mali-operating Islam...
September 26, 2015

Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi Surrendered to the International Criminal Court at the Hague on Heritage War Crime Charges for Destruction of Historic Monuments in Timbuktu

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In a case setting precedence Ahmad Al Faqi Al Mahdi, also known as Abu Tourab, is the first suspect to be charged by the Hague's Intern...
May 31, 2014

Joris Kila's "Mission Report: Civil-Military Assessment Mission for Malian Heritage" Published in the Spring 2014 issue of ARCA's Journal of Art Crime

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Joris Kila is a researcher at the Kompetenzzentrum Kulturelles Erbe und Kulturgüterschutz of the University of Vienna in Austria. He has...
December 12, 2012

Erik Nemeth on "The Diplomatic Case for Repatriating Art and Antiquities" in U.S. News

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Erik Nemeth, formerly with the Getty Research Institute in Los Angeles , is a trustee of the Association for Research into Crimes agains...
April 5, 2012

UNESCO Warns Mali's Cultural Heritage Sites Endangered

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Old Towns of Djenné (UNESCO) On April 2, UNESCO 's Director-General Irina Bokova "voiced concern about the risk posed by fig...
March 17, 2011

Samuel Sidibé, Director of the National Museum of Mali, Spoke Wednesday at UNESCO in Paris about the 1970 Convention and How the Severe Problem of Looting of Archaeological Sites Was Exacerbated By Demand in the Art Market for Wooden and Ceramic Masks

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Samuel Sidibé of Mali posed for photograph by Catherine Schofield Sezgin, editor PARIS - Samuel Sidibé, the director of the National Mu...