US EditionCongo-Kinshasa: Supporters of Ex-DRC President Kabila Denounce Proposed Death Penalty As 'Sham'
The former president faces charges including war crimes and ties to the M23 rebel group amid ongoing violence in eastern Congo, with prosecutors seeking the death penalty and lengthy sentences.
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Congo-Kinshasa: Supporters of Ex-DRC President Kabila Denounce Proposed Death Penalty As 'Sham'
Prosecutors in a military court in Democratic Republic of Congo have requested the death penalty for former leader Joseph Kabila who is on trial in absentia on charges including treason over alleged support for Rwanda-backed M23 armed group. Kabila's party, the Party for Reconstruction and Democracy (PPRD), called it "a sham trial that comes as no surprise."
DRC prosecutor seeks capital punishment for former president over alleged rebel ties
The public prosecutor of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC) formally requested the death penalty for former president Joseph Kabila on Friday during the proceedings before the High Military Court in Kinshasa. The military auditor general, Lieutenant General Lucien René Likulia, argued before the court that the former president should face capital punishment for his role in war crimes, including homicide, rape, deportation, and torture. Addit…
By requesting the death penalty on Friday, 22 August, against former President Joseph Kabila, tried in absentia for his alleged complicity with the M23 group, the prosecutor of the high military court of Kinshasa had the heavy hand. But this requisition could mainly undermine the efforts of Washington and Doha for the return of peace in the eastern part of the Democratic Republic of the Congo.
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