Posts Tagged ‘jail’


March 24, 2009

Former Judge Describes Life under UPC Rule

By Meribeth Deen

Accused militia leader Thomas Lubanga looked on today as a former judge from the Ituri region of the Democratic Republic of Congo explained the financial schemes of Lubanga’s Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC) from 2003 to 2005. The witness identified himself as Jacque Kbaselli Nbemzeli, former president of the Tribunal de Grand Instance du Bunia.…