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India asks World Court in The Hague to prevent execution in Pakistan
By Thomas Verfuss A nightmare: being arrested while travelling abroad (be it as a tourist or a businessman), in a foreign country where you don’t know the language, the law...
Read moreDetailsLife on the ledge: Witness tells ICC about his experience with the LRA
By Susan Kendi Beans, mutton and chicken was for the commanders of the Lord’s Resistance Army; the rest of the fighters boiled and ate maize. In extreme times, each LRA...
Read moreDetailsNew challenges for ICC on the horizon from the North as African threats to withdraw recede
By NETSANET BELAY and MATTHEW CANNOCK On Tuesday the South African Government government withdrew the tabled International Criminal Court (ICC) repeal bill from Parliament. This followed from its decision on...
Read moreDetailsHow I survived the LRA attack on the Pajule camp, by ICC witness
By Susan Kendi Gunshots tore through the dawn quiet of Pajule Camp at around 5 am, and he opened the door to run but his uncle stopped him. He had...
Read moreDetailsHow attack on Pajule IDP camp was planned, by ICC witness
By Tom Maliti, IJ Monitor A former escort of Dominic Ongwen, who is on trial at the International Criminal Court (ICC), described a meeting that took place before an attack...
Read moreDetailsI have already said too much and might go to prison, witness tells ICC
By Tom Maliti, IJ Monitor A prosecution witness in the trial of Dominic Ongwen, a former commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) expressed his apprehension about the line of...
Read moreDetailsGambia rescinds decision to withdraw from the ICC
Gambia’s February 10 decision to annul its earlier attempt to withdraw from the Rome Statute of the International Criminal Court is welcome news for the President of the Assembly of...
Read moreDetailsFormer LRA soldiers haunted by fear of prosecution, witness tells ICC
By Susan Kendi Soldiers fleeing the Lord’s Resistance Army would receive a blanket, a hoe, a machete, two saucepans and 265,000 Uganda Shillings ($73). On top of that, they would...
Read moreDetailsNumber One is death, Number Two injuries and Panadol is for escape, witness tells ICC
By Susan Kendi Number One meant death, Number Two injuries and Panadol was for escape, while waya (wire) referred to civilians in the coded language used by the Lord’s Resistance...
Read moreDetailsLRA commander used to ring people to ask for phone credit, expert tells ICC
By Susan Kendi Defence cross-examination of the first prosecution witness threatened to open the can of worms that is the intricate relationships surrounding the 30-year conflict between the Uganda government...
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