Pader, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | Residents of Pajule town council and Bongtiko sub-county in Pader district have reacted to the 25 year jail sentence handed to former Lord’s Resistance Army rebel commander Dominic Ongwen by the International Criminal Court-ICC Judges. The joint sentence was delivered by the ICC presiding judge …
Read More »UPDF failed to protect civilians during LRA insurgency -ICC
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The Uganda People’s Defense Forces-UPDF has been faulted for failing to defend civilians in the Internally Displaced People’s-IDP camps during the LRA-led insurgency in Northern Uganda. The International Criminal Court (ICC) made the observation during a session in which a former Warlord Dominic Ogwen, who …
Read More »ICC convicts LRA’s Dominic Ongwen on 61 counts
Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | The International Criminal Court (ICC) has convicted Dominic Ongwen, the former commander of the Sinia Brigade of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA). Ongwen was found guilty on 61 counts of War crimes and crimes against Humanity. He was facing 70 counts of war crimes and …
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