Just as a note to those in Africa.
If you are involved into a war and any war that is not defending The areas
where Western companies are looting, drilling and mining, if you ever stand up
to defend African minerals from being taken by Western companies prepare
yourself to be extradited to Hague and you will be sentenced for very many
years. Go back and see all those that have been sent to Hague and all those
that have been found guilty, they refused western countries from mining and
looting our resources. Hague has absolutely nothing to do with killing people,
if you just murdered people in those wars, they turn around and send you to
Western countries and you will be protected. Samson Mande is in Sweden a free
man, and many of The Rwandese that committed the genocide in Rwanda are sitting
free in UK and United States.
That is the tragedy/hypocrisy of The ICC.
EM
On the 49th Parallel
Thé Mulindwas Communication Group
"With Yoweri Museveni, Ssabassajja and Dr. Kiiza Besigye, Uganda is in anarchy"
Kuungana Mulindwa Mawasiliano Kikundi
"Pamoja na Yoweri Museveni, Ssabassajja na Dk. Kiiza Besigye, Uganda ni katika
machafuko"
From: [email protected]
[mailto:[email protected]] On Behalf Of Robukui .
Sent: Wednesday, October 01, 2014 11:36 PM
To: UAH; Hannah Ogwopiti; John L; Ms Afropolitan
Subject: {UAH} UHURU WATCHES KATANGA GET 12 YEARS FROM ICC
ICC sentences DRC warlord Katanga to 12 years
The International Criminal Court in The Hague has sentenced former Congolese
warlord Katanga to 12 years in jail. Yet human rights groups think the court
has not done enough.
<http://www.dw.de/icc-sentences-drc-warlord-katanga-to-12-years/a-17656487>
Three judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) passed their verdict on
the DRC warlord, Germain Katanga, on Friday. In March, the court found Katanga
guilty of "murder as a crime against humanity" and "murder as a war crime." He
was also convicted of attacks on the civilian population, as well as destroying
and looting property.
On February 24, 2003, Katanga's militias attacked the village of Bogoro in the
northeastern province of Ituri. Most of the victims belonged to the Hema ethnic
group. The fighters of the Front for Patriotic Resistance in Ituri (FRPI) are
said to have killed some 200 civilians, in addition to plundering and raping.
Congolese authorities arrested Katanga in 2007 and handed him over to the ICC.
<http://www.dw.de/icc-sentences-drc-warlord-katanga-to-12-years/a-17656487>
Judged Bruno Cotte described how the rebels attacked the village armed mainly
with machetes.
Lenient verdict?
The eastern Democractic Republic of Congo has been a scene of conflict since
the mid-1990s. The verdict is a step in the right direction, Geraldine
Mattioli-Zeltner from Human Rights Watch told DW in March this year, when
Katanga was initially found guilty. She had hoped for an even harsher sentence,
as the court only convicted Katanga for being complicit in the crimes, but not
as the main perpetrator. "The court did not have enough evidence to show that
Katanga was present and in full control of the rebels at the time of the Bogoro
massacre," she explains.
In eastern DRC itself, the people received the verdict with mixed feelings.
"Katanga killed and massacred people. The fact that he has been condemned to 12
years in prison will make other enemies of peace think twice," explained a
resident of the town of Beni.
Jean-Bosco Lalo, a representative of Ituri's civil society, who spoke to DW in
March, thought differently of the matter. "The people here will not benefit
from this verdict", he said. According to Lalo, little has changed for the
people in the region. Initially they had hoped for some kind of compensation,
but a
<http://www.dw.de/icc-sentences-drc-warlord-katanga-to-12-years/a-17656487>
FUND set up by the ICC only supports certain groups of the victims, like child
soldiers. Other people are left to fend for themselves. The court has done
little to involve the people actually affected by the conflict, says Lalo: "We
don't understand their proceedings. They just do it their way."
Acquittal for crimes of sexual violence
<http://www.dw.de/icc-sentences-drc-warlord-katanga-to-12-years/a-17656487>
DRC authorities handed Katanga over to the ICC in 2007.
The ICC judges were also heavily criticized for failing to charge Katanga for
crimes relating to the recruitment of child soldiers, rape and sexual
enslavement. Brigid Inder from the Women's Initiative for Gender Justice called
it a "devastating result for the victims and survivors of the Bogoro attack."
DW’s female listeners in eastern DRC voiced their disappointment:"Katanga
should be condemned for all his crimes," said one woman. "The women that he
raped, he basically stole their lives.” Another woman from Beni described how
the militants used rape as a weapon of war: „Here in DRC, many people see rape
as a game but we women and mothers suffer a lot as a result of this.”
Following the acquittal for crimes of sexual violence, Ugandan women's rights
activist, Sheila Muwanga from the International Federation for Human Rights
(FIDH), called for a new strategy of addressing crimes of sexual violence. "It
is urgent that the Office of the Prosecutor draws the necessary conclusions and
takes them into account in its new strategy on investigations and
prosecutions," she said. On March 7, 2014, FIDH and its member organizations in
the Democratic Republic of Congo called on the ICC and the Congolese
authorities to "engage in a wide outreach program in order to explain this
judicial decision in DRC and in particular to affected communities."
Thomas Lubanga, another Congolese warlord was also convicted for war crimes in
eastern DRC. Katanga is the second person to be sentenced by the court. His
lawyers have 30 days to appeal the sentence. The judges said that they would
deduct the time Katanga has already spent in custody since 2007.
DW RECOMMENDS
Viele GruBe
Robukui
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