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Al Jazeera
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Ruchi Kumar

Danish Siddiqui: Family of slain journalist takes Taliban to ICC

Journalists in New Delhi, India, light candles and pay tribute to Reuters photographer Danish Siddiqui [File: Altaf Qadri/AP Photo]

The family of Danish Siddiqui, a Reuters photojournalist who was killed in Afghanistan last year, has filed a complaint with the International Criminal Court (ICC) against the Taliban, lawyer Avi Singh, representing Siddiqui’s family, said.

“… We have just filed before the International Criminal Court a communication addressing the war crimes and crimes against humanity in context to what happened to Danish Siddiqui,” Singh said, adding that “there is sufficient independent evidence that he was tortured, murdered and his body was mutilated”.

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