Former LRA leader, ex-child soldier, sentenced to 25 years in prison
NEW YORK, USA, May 07, 2021,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/-Dominic Ongwen, 45, was found guilty of 61 charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes, including rape, murder and sexual enslavement, committed in Northern Uganda between July 2002 and 31 December.
In summarizing the decision to sentence him, Presiding Judge Bertram Schmitt highlighted the unique nature of the case.
“The Chamber is confronted in the present case with a unique situation. It is confronted with a perpetrator who willfully and lucidly brought tremendous suffering upon his victims”, he said.
“However, it is also confronted with a perpetrator who himself had previously endured extreme suffering himself at the hands of the group, of which he later became a prominent member and leader.”
ICC sentences former Ugandan child soldier Dominic Ongwen to 25 years in prison
He was found guilty for a total of 61 crimes comprising crimes against humanity and war crimes. 2 min read
The International Criminal Court has sentenced Dominic Ongwen to 25 years of imprisonment. He was found guilty of a total of 61 crimes comprising crimes against humanity and war crimes.
Following the
trial judgmentThursday, Mr Ongwen was convicted for the crimes he committed in Northern Uganda between July 1, 2002, and December 31, 2005, a statement by the court read.
Mr Ongwen had been held in custody for six years (from January 2015 till date). This will be deducted from the total time of imprisonment imposed on him, the statement noted. The sentence can also be appealed.
A former leader of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) in Uganda, who himself had been abducted by the rebel group as a child, was sentenced to 25 years imprisonment by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday.
NEW YORK, USA, May 07, 2021,-/African Media Agency (AMA)/-Dominic Ongwen, 45, was found guilty of 61 charges of crimes against humanity and war crimes, including rape, murder and sexual enslavement, committed in Northern Uganda between July 2002 and 31 December.
In summarizing the decision to sentence him, Presiding Judge Bertram Schmitt highlighted the unique nature of the case.
Victim and perpetrator
“The Chamber is confronted in the present case with a unique situation. It is confronted with a perpetrator who willfully and lucidly brought tremendous suffering upon his victims”, he said.
Ex-Ugandan rebel group leader gets 25 years in prison By Edith Mutethya in Nairobi, Kenya | chinadaily.com.cn | Updated: 2021-05-07 16:56
Lord s Resistance Army ex-commander Dominic Ongwen sits in the courtroom of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands, Feb 4, 2021. [Photo/Agencies]
The International Criminal Court on Thursday sentenced Dominic Ongwen, a former Ugandan child soldier who became a commander of the Lord s Resistance Army, a rebel group, to 25 years of imprisonment.
The 45-year-old Ongwen was found guilty of 61 crimes comprising crimes against humanity and war crimes, committed in Northern Uganda between July 1, 2002 and December 31, 2005.
He was found guilty of murder, torture, rape, sexual slavery, enslavement and conscripting children under the age of 15 into the Sinia brigade, one of the four brigades of the rebel group, and using them to actively participate in hostilities.