Congolese war crimes accused Thomas Lubanga’s attorneys today opposed an application by prosecutors for judges to summon a man purported to be the accused’s cousin to give evidence. Prosecutors a week ago asked judges to summon the individual known as ‘Cordo’, who they said was a cousin to Mr. Lubanga, to give evidence about his…
The Thomas Lubanga war crimes trial will not sit for three days this week since there are no witnesses ready to testify. Earlier scheduled to be conducted for four days this week beginning today, the trial will now resume on Thursday. Mr. Lubanga’s defense has already called all the witnesses it had lined up to…
A former suspect in the war crimes investigations of the Office of The Prosecutor at the International Criminal Court (ICC) has now gone back on his earlier promise to grant an interview to prosecutors in the Thomas Lubanga trial. ‘Witness 3’, who was first interviewed by prosecutors in 2005 as a suspect, over the years…
Thomas Lubanga’s defense told court this week that two of its witnesses could not travel to The Hague to give evidence because their identities had been stolen by other people who are participating in the trial.As a result, these two defense witnesses had to give testimony via video link from Bunia in the Democratic…
A headmaster at the school attended by two defense witnesses, whose identities were allegedly usurped by two individuals currently participating as victims and witnesses in the Thomas Lubanga trial, today recounted how he gave school documents to an agent of Mr. Lubanga’s lawyers. Two defense witnesses who have testified over the last week have claimed that…
The first witness to appear for the Thomas Lubanga defense told court today that although his son never served in any military group, an organization which had promised to give the boy a job later started passing him off as a former child soldier. According to the testimony, the unnamed organization also duped the child’s…
The first witness to appear for the Thomas Lubanga defense is expected to give evidence tomorrow (Wednesday). The witness will presented after lead counsel Catherine Mabille has explained how the case will unfold and highlighted certain themes of the accused’s case. But Mabille has today said that they were experiencing some problems related to their…
The first participating victim to take the witness stand in the trial of former Congolese militia leader Thomas Lubanga told the court on Tuesday that the reason he was testifying was to inform the world about the crimes committed against his people by a militia group Lubanga is alleged to have led, and to ask…
Young female recruits were frequently raped by commanders in Thomas Lubanga’s militia, a former soldier in the Union of Congolese Patriots, UPC, told the court this week. “I used to see women who were taken by force,” said the witness, who trained young recruits at the Mandro centre, not far from the Ituri city of…
Commanders in Thomas Lubanga’s militia impregnated young female recruits, a former soldier in the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC) told prosecutors on Tuesday. “[The commanders] took girls and would get them pregnant, and then these girls had to leave the camp and go [back] to the village,” said the witness, who trained young recruits at…
Thomas Lubanga on trial at the International Criminal Court. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo is the first person to be tried by the International Criminal Court. A former rebel leader in the Democratic Republic of Congo, Lubanga is accused of conscripting, enlisting, and using child soldiers. More
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