Freitag, 23. März 2012

DRC: Lubanga verdict "a first step"

14.3.12 - A ruling by the International Criminal Court (ICC) finding former
Congolese rebel leader Thomas Lubanga guilty of conscripting child soldiers
in northeastern Democratic Republic of Congo's (DRC) Ituri region is good
news in the fight against impunity but more crimes there should be
prosecuted, say analysts.
<http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95073/DRC-Lubanga-verdict-a-first-step>
http://www.irinnews.org/Report/95073/DRC-Lubanga-verdict-a-first-step

DRC-UGANDA: Congolese refugees hail Lubanga verdict

“All things Lubanga did were bad. He took away the riches of the Congolese people by force. I am happy he has been found guilty for his atrocities and crimes,” said Mark Bolikango, 18, who fled to Uganda from Goma in eastern DRC. “What I don’t know is whether my mother and sister have HIV/AIDS; [Lubanga’s] soldiers raped them in front of me.”