DRC Colonel Sentenced to Death over 2017 Murder of UN Experts
The ruling upgrades his earlier conviction and upholds death sentences for dozens of militia fighters, while questions about state involvement remain.
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Final verdict delivered in killing of two UN experts
A Congolese military court has sentenced 54 defendants to death, including a former army colonel The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s High Military Court has sentenced all 54 defendants to death in a long-running case involving the murder of two UN experts. The victims, investigator Michael Sharp, a 34-year-old American, and expert Zaida Catalan,...
Congo colonel sentenced to death over murder of UN experts
DAKAR, June 9 - A Congolese military court has sentenced an army colonel to death for taking part in a conspiracy to murder two U.N. experts in central Congo nearly a decade ago, in a case that continues to raise questions about state involvement. Read more at straitstimes.com.
Colonel sentenced to death over UN expert’s murder
A Congolese military court has sentenced an army colonel to death for taking part in a conspiracy to murder two U.N. experts in central Congo nearly a decade ago, in a case that continues to raise questions about state involvement. At his first trial in 2022, Colonel Jean de Dieu Mambweni received a 10-year term for failing to assist persons in danger and disobeying orders. Military prosecutors appealed, arguing that he bore greater responsibil…
Final verdict delivered in killing of two UN experts in DR Congo
Image – Wikipedia. A Congolese military court has sentenced 54 defendants to death, including a former army colonel. The Democratic Republic of the Congo’s High Military Court has sentenced all 54 defendants to death in a long-running case involving the murder of two UN experts. The victims, investigator Michael Sharp, a 34-year-old American, and expert Zaida Catalan, a 36-year-old Swede, were killed in 2017 while investigating violence in the c…
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