Posts Tagged ‘torture’


January 22, 2010

Victims Recall Cruel Treatment In UPC Camps

By Wairagala Wakabi

Former child soldiers in the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC), the group which war crimes accused Thomas Lubanga is alleged to have led, this week recounted stories of torture, whippings and brutal punishments of boys and girls who served in the militia group. Two former child soldiers told the Lubanga trial at the International Criminal…

January 15, 2010

Victim Describes Torture At UPC Camp

By Wairagala Wakabi

The second victim participating in the Lubanga trial on Friday related how he was tortured at a camp of the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC), a militia group Thomas Lubanga is alleged by prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) to have led. He also told court that UPC commanders ordered him to find for…