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Ugandan Lord s Resistance Army commander guilty of war crimes Issued on: 04/02/2021 - 12:46 4 min The Hague (AFP) The International Criminal Court on Thursday convicted a Ugandan child soldier-turned-Lord s Resistance Army commander of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Dominic Ongwen, 45, was found guilty of 61 charges over a reign of terror in the early 2000s, including the first conviction by the ICC for the crime of forced pregnancy. The court said Ongwen ordered attacks on refugee camps as a senior commander in the LRA, which under its fugitive chief Joseph Kony waged a bloody campaign in four African nations to set up a state based on the Bible s Ten Commandments. ....
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Dominic Ongwen declared guilty of war crimes and crimes against Humanity committed in Uganda The verdict may be appealed by either party to the proceedings within 30 days after the notification of the Judgment THE HAGUE, Netherlands, February 4, 2021/APO Group/ Today, 4 February 2021, Trial Chamber IX of the International Criminal Court (“ICC” or “Court”) (www.ICC-cpi.int) found Dominic Ongwen guilty for a total of 61 comprising crimes against humanity and war crimes, committed in Northern Uganda between 1 July 2002 and 31 December 2005. The verdict may be appealed by either party to the proceedings within 30 days after the notification of the Judgment. ICC Trial Chamber IX, composed of Judge Bertram Schmitt, Presiding Judge, Judge Péter Kovács and Judge Raul Cano Pangalangan, analysed the evidence submitted and discussed before it at trial and found, beyond any reasonable doubt, that Mr Ongwen is guilty of the following crimes: ....
GULU Northern Uganda’s peace process looks to be on its last legs. Talks have all but collapsed between Uganda’s government and the troublesome rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), as both sides take to the bush to resume full hostilities. But have they really blown their last chance for peace? It is eight months since the Ugandan government and LRA first decided to talk to each other. For 16 years, all they had ever exchanged was gunfire. Then on 14 July 2002, the rebels held a landmark seven-hour meeting with representatives of the local Acholi Religious Leaders’ Peace Initiative (ARLPI). They said they wanted to open negotiations with the government – negotiations which could finally end Uganda’s longest, bloodiest civil conflict to date. Present were Vincent Otti, Sam Kolo and Caesar Acellam, three of the LRA’s most senior members. “We had another meeting on the 21st [July],” explains Father Carlos Rodriguez, a chief negotiator who has been in contact with ....
ICC finds LRA commander Ongwen guilty of 61 counts of war crimes February 4, 2021 Written by URN The former commander of the Sinia Brigade of the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA), Dominic Ongwen has been found guilty on 61 of the 70 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court (ICC). Ongwen committed the crimes during attacks in Pajule IDP camp on October 10, 2003, Odek IDP camp on April 29, 2004, Lukodi IDP camp on May 19, 2004, and Abok IDP camps on June 29, 2004. Today, the ICC trial chamber nine composed of judges; Bertram Schmitt, Péter Kovács and Raul Cano Pangalangan said that they found beyond any reasonable doubt that Ongwen is ....