ADVERTISEMENT
The Sun Nigeria
  • National
  • Columns
    • Broken Tongues
    • Capital Matters
    • Diabetes Corner
    • Duro Onabule
    • Femi Adesina
    • Frank Talk
    • Funke Egbemode
    • Insights
    • Kalu Leadership Series
    • Kunle Solaja
    • Offside Musings
    • PressClips
    • Public Sphere
    • Ralph Egbu
    • Shola Oshunkeye
    • Sideview
    • The Flipside – Eric Osagie
    • Tola Adeniyi
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Entertainment
  • The Sun TV
  • Sporting Sun
No Result
View All Result
  • National
  • Columns
    • Broken Tongues
    • Capital Matters
    • Diabetes Corner
    • Duro Onabule
    • Femi Adesina
    • Frank Talk
    • Funke Egbemode
    • Insights
    • Kalu Leadership Series
    • Kunle Solaja
    • Offside Musings
    • PressClips
    • Public Sphere
    • Ralph Egbu
    • Shola Oshunkeye
    • Sideview
    • The Flipside – Eric Osagie
    • Tola Adeniyi
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Entertainment
  • The Sun TV
  • Sporting Sun
No Result
View All Result
The Sun Nigeria
No Result
View All Result
ADVERTISEMENT
Home World News

ICC prosecutor calls for conviction of ex-military leader in Congo s*xual slavery case

28th August 2018
in World News
0
icc
0
SHARES
223
VIEWS
Share on FacebookShare on Twitter

NAN

The Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday called on judges to convict a former Congo military leader on charges ranging from murder and rape to conscripting child soldiers and sexual slavery.

“The evidence shows that Bosco Ntaganda personally committed crimes,” Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said, in closing remarks in Ntaganda’s three-year trial.

Ntanganda denies wrongdoing.

“He persecuted and attacked civilians, he murdered them, pillaged their goods, destroyed their charities and hospitals.

READ ALSO Trump accuses Google of hiding ‘fair media’ coverage of him

“He enlisted and used children under the age of 15 to participate directly in hostilities,” Bensouda said.

Ntaganda faces 18 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity for acts allegedly committed from  2002 to 2003 when he was deputy Chief of Staff of the Union of Congolose Patriots (UPC), a militia group in the east of the Democratic Republic of Congo.

Bensouda told judges the case would prove a landmark in that it is recognized the sexual enslavement of soldiers as a separate crime within the ICC jurisdiction.

Ntaganda’s lawyers are due to respond on Wednesday.

During the trial Ntaganda testified in his own defence, arguing he was a peacemaker who had tried to keep order amid a power vacuum in the mineral-ich Ituri region of northeast Congo in the early 2000s.

He said he had been unfairly tagged with the nickname “Terminator,” that witnesses against him had given false testimony, and that he had never harmed civilians.

Ntaganda surrendered at the U.S. Embassy in neighboring Rwanda in 2013, seven years after his indictment, asking to be turned over to the ICC after apparently having fled Congo due to infighting among military groups.

In Tuesday’s closing remarks, Bensouda summarized testimony from witnesses to crimes allegedly committed by troops under Ntaganda’s command.

READ ALSO MNCH week: 1.3m children, 300, 000 pregnant women receive free health, nutritional interventions in Bauchi

“A lot of people were executed by hand with machetes … some of them were disemboweled, even pregnant women,” Bensouda said.

She quoted a witness identified as P-105, who described the slaughter of a group of around 50 members of the ethnic Lendu tribe.

The Lendu were allegedly targeted for expulsion from Ituri by Ntaganda’s UPC, which was dominated by the rival Hema clan.

Bensouda also cited from the testimony of a girl who had allegedly been conscripted and regularly raped by Ntaganda’s soldiers.

She and others were referred by them to with a slur which translated as “common pot.”

Ntaganda plans to address the court word after the end of the closing arguments.

No date for a verdict has yet been set.

Tags: bosco ntagandacongofatou bensoudaICCiturilenduu.s. embassy rwanda
Ajiri Daniels

Ajiri Daniels

Sun News Online Team

Related Posts

Haiti’s struggle worsened in year since slaying of president
World News

Haiti’s struggle worsened in year since slaying of president

7th July 2022
German lawmakers back plan to expand renewable energy
World News

German lawmakers back plan to expand renewable energy

7th July 2022
Kenya: Tuna catch dries up for local fishermen
Features

Kenya: Tuna catch dries up for local fishermen

7th July 2022
Next Post
CRASHES

1,331 Nigerians die in road crashes in Q2 – NBS

AREGBESOLA

Don’t vote for reckless candidates, political parties, Aregbesola urges Osun electorate

COAS

NAF trains 90 operational pilots in 3 year - CAS

Leave a Reply Cancel reply

Your email address will not be published. Required fields are marked *

Highlights

Ataga Murder: Ojukwu counsel’s absence stalls trial until October

Retired NAF officer seeks dismissal of threat to life suit against him as arraignment stalls

Governors, SGF, church leaders contributed to NCPC achievements in last 2 years – Rev Pam

Osun 2022: Babayemi meets PDP leaders; calls for unity

Haiti’s struggle worsened in year since slaying of president

BREAKING: Ekweremadu, wife denied bail again; remanded in jail till August

Trending

Stakeholders applaud impact of maritime seminar for judges
National

Stakeholders applaud impact of maritime seminar for judges

7th July 2022
0

(NAN) Some stakeholders on Thursday applauded the Maritime Seminar for Judges, saying it would enable them to...

BEDC management faults takeover, says it will resist action; assures customers of continuing operation

BEDC management faults takeover, says it will resist action; assures customers of continuing operation

7th July 2022
Anambra Truth, Justice and Peace Committee set to begin sitting

Anambra Truth, Justice and Peace Committee set to begin sitting

7th July 2022
Ataga Murder: Ojukwu counsel’s absence stalls trial until October

Ataga Murder: Ojukwu counsel’s absence stalls trial until October

7th July 2022
Retired NAF officer seeks dismissal of threat to life suit against him as arraignment stalls

Retired NAF officer seeks dismissal of threat to life suit against him as arraignment stalls

7th July 2022
ADVERTISEMENT

Follow us on social media:

Latest News

  • Stakeholders applaud impact of maritime seminar for judges
  • BEDC management faults takeover, says it will resist action; assures customers of continuing operation
  • Anambra Truth, Justice and Peace Committee set to begin sitting
  • Ataga Murder: Ojukwu counsel’s absence stalls trial until October
  • Retired NAF officer seeks dismissal of threat to life suit against him as arraignment stalls
  • Governors, SGF, church leaders contributed to NCPC achievements in last 2 years – Rev Pam
  • Osun 2022: Babayemi meets PDP leaders; calls for unity
  • Haiti’s struggle worsened in year since slaying of president
  • BREAKING: Ekweremadu, wife denied bail again; remanded in jail till August
  • German lawmakers back plan to expand renewable energy
  • Kenya: Tuna catch dries up for local fishermen
  • BREAKING: British Prime Minister, Johnson resigns
  • Suspect in Haiti president’s assassination pleads not guilty
  • Beijing mandates COVID vaccines to enter some public spaces
  • Senate panel in UK court for Ekweremadu’s case
  • Griner’s Moscow trial resumes amid calls for US to seek deal
  • Youngest Pakistani climber who scaled K2 is safe after going missing
  • UK warship seizes advanced Iranian missiles bound for Yemen
  • China lashes out at US, British intelligence services
  • Russia taking ‘operational pause’ in Ukraine, analysts say

Categories

  • Abuja Metro
  • Anambra Watch
  • Arts
  • Broken Tongues
  • Business
  • Business Week
  • Cartoons
  • Citizen Joe
  • Columns
  • Cover
  • Culture
  • Duro Onabule
  • Editorial
  • Education Review
  • Effect
  • Elections
  • Entertainment
  • Events
  • Features
  • Femi Adesina
  • Food & Drinks
  • Frank Talk
  • Funke Egbemode
  • Gallery
  • Global Square by Kenneth Okonkwo
  • Health
  • Insights
  • Kalu Leadership Series
  • Kunle Solaja
  • Kunle Solaja
  • Letters
  • Lifeline
  • Lifestyle
  • Literary Review
  • Marketing Matters
  • Muiz Banire
  • National
  • News
  • Offside Musings
  • Opinion
  • oriental news
  • Politics
  • Press Release
  • PressClips
  • Public Sphere
  • Ralph Egbu
  • Shola Oshunkeye
  • Sideview
  • South-west Magazine
  • Sponsored Post
  • Sporting Sun
  • Sports
  • Sun Girl
  • Tea Time
  • The Flipside – Eric Osagie
  • The Sun Awards Live
  • The Sun TV
  • Thoughts & Talks
  • Time Out
  • Today's cover
  • Tola Adeniyi
  • Travel
  • Travel & Tourism
  • Trending
  • TSWeekend
  • Turf Game
  • Uncategorized
  • Updates
  • Views from Abroad
  • Voices
  • World
  • World News
  • About Us
  • Paper Ad Rate
  • Online Ad Rate
  • The Team
  • Contact Us
  • Privacy Policy

© 2019 The Sun Nigeria - Managed by Netsera.

No Result
View All Result
  • National
  • Columns
    • Broken Tongues
    • Capital Matters
    • Diabetes Corner
    • Duro Onabule
    • Femi Adesina
    • Frank Talk
    • Funke Egbemode
    • Insights
    • Kalu Leadership Series
    • Kunle Solaja
    • Offside Musings
    • PressClips
    • Public Sphere
    • Ralph Egbu
    • Shola Oshunkeye
    • Sideview
    • The Flipside – Eric Osagie
    • Tola Adeniyi
  • Business
  • Politics
  • Entertainment
  • The Sun TV
  • Sporting Sun

© 2019 The Sun Nigeria - Managed by Netsera.

Posting....