Posts Tagged ‘identity’


March 26, 2010

Twelfth Lubanga Witness Appears, But Says Nothing In Public Session

By Wairagala Wakabi

In a week where there was little activity in open session of the war crimes trial of former Congolese leader Thomas Lubanga, the defense called their eleventh and twelfth witnesses, but the gist of their testimonies remained unknown as they gave most of their evidence in camera. Both had protective measures such as face and…

March 23, 2010

Lubanga Witness: I Lied That I Was A Soldier

By Wairagala Wakabi

A defense witness in the war crimes trial of former Congolese leader Thomas Lubanga said today that he lied to the country’s demobilization authorities that he had served as a solider. ‘Witness 23’ said he went on to take part in a demobilization exercise for former combatants. The unnamed witness, the eleventh called by the…

March 19, 2010

Lubanga Trial Hears That Intermediary Coached Prosecution Witness

By Wairagala Wakabi

A former prosecution witness who told court last June that he had lied to investigators of the International Criminal Court (ICC) this week took the witness stand once again and stated that an intermediary of the court’s prosecution investigators cooked up lies which he in turn fed to the investigators. The witness added, however, that…

March 15, 2010

Judges Order Prosecutors To Reveal Identity Of Intermediary

By Wairagala Wakabi

Judges in the trial of alleged former Congolese rebel leader Thomas Lubanga have today ordered prosecutors to reveal to the defense the identity of one of their intermediaries who has been accused of coaching witnesses. Judge Adrian Fulford said the judges had decided that the defense was entitled to know the identity of some of…