A witness today told the Thomas Lubanga trial that some officials of the International Criminal Court (ICC) repeatedly ignored him when he sought means of confessing that he had told lies to the court prosecution’s investigators. ‘Witness 15’, as he was referred to in court, was originally a prosecution witness. But when he testified briefly…
A former prosecution witness today told the Thomas Lubanga trial that an intermediary of the International Criminal Court’s prosecution investigators fed him lies, which he in turn related to the court’s investigators. The witness added, however, that the investigators from the Office of The Prosecutor (OTP) did not know that he was telling them lies.…
The tenth witness called by the defense of war crimes accused Thomas Lubanga today completed giving her testimony – all of it in camera. This witness started testifying yesterday, but defense lawyers indicated that they would need to get from prosecutors the name of an intermediary of the Office of The Prosecutor (OTP) before they…
A former prosecution witness who testified briefly in the Thomas Lubanga war crimes trial last June and told court that he had lied to prosecutors is expected to give fresh testimony next week. The prosecution has indicated that it considers ‘Witness 15’ to be a hostile witness and will examine him to challenge the veracity…
After a hiatus of more than five months, the trial of former Congolese militia leader Thomas Lubanga will resume this Thursday January 7, 2010, with two expert witnesses expected to be the first to testify. However, the highlight of this leg of the trial will be Lubanga’s defense case, which is expected to kick off…
A witness who admitted to providing false information to investigators has requested that his new statement be kept confidential, even from defendant Thomas Lubanga. “Confidentiality as regards the public, that is no problem,” said Catherine Mabille, Lubanga’s lead lawyer. “Confidentiality as regards the defense is impossible.” The witness, identified by the number 15, confessed to…
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…
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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