US EditionDR Congo’s ex-President Joseph Kabila sentenced to death in absentia
Kabila was convicted in absentia for treason, war crimes, and collaborating with Rwanda-backed M23 rebels, and ordered to pay $50 billion in damages, a military court ruled.
- On Tuesday, a high military tribunal in Kinshasa found Joseph Kabila, the ex-president, guilty of treason along with multiple other offenses and handed down a death sentence.
- The court trial followed the Senate's May vote to repeal Kabila's immunity amid government allegations of his collaboration with the M23 rebel group.
- Since July, Kabila has faced a trial conducted without his presence, with charges that include treason, conspiracy, supporting terrorism, and orchestrating an insurrection alongside the Rwanda-backed M23 rebel group.
- The court mandated that Kabila compensate Congo with $29 billion, and provide $2 billion each to the North Kivu and South Kivu provinces, while also demanding his immediate arrest.
- Kabila denied all allegations as political persecution, and his current whereabouts remain unknown after returning briefly from self-imposed exile to rebel-held Goma in April.
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Convicted in absentia for crimes including treason, murder, sexual assault, torture and rebellion - Remained in power for almost two decades
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Dnevni list DanasFormer President of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DR Congo) Joseph Kabila was sentenced to death today after a trial in absentia for "treason and war crimes".
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rd.nlA military court in Congo has sentenced former president Joseph Kabila to death in absentia for treason and crimes against humanity. The judge ruled that he collaborated with the rebel group M23. The trial against the 54-year-old Kabila began in July. He did not attend the hearings; it is unclear where the former president is currently residing. Kabila was president of Congo for nearly two decades. In 2016, there were bloody protests against his…
Joseph Kabila, found guilty of complicity with armed group M23, was sentenced to death in absentia for "treason" and "war crimes".
The Supreme Military Court of the Democratic Republic of the Congo has imposed the death penalty on former President Kabila, who lives in exile. Among other things, he is accused of treason and war crimes.
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