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ICC judges confirm charges against Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony
Joseph Kony faces 39 charges including murder and sexual slavery for crimes committed in Uganda between 2002 and 2005, linked to nearly 100,000 deaths, ICC prosecutors said.
- On Thursday, the International Criminal Court in The Hague confirmed charges against Joseph Kony in absentia, with prosecutors saying he can face trial `once arrested`.
- Founded in the late 1980s, the Lord's Resistance Army sought to overthrow Uganda's government and brutalised its people for nearly 20 years before attacking villages in Congo, Central African Republic, and South Sudan.
- The three-judge panel found substantial grounds to believe Kony is responsible for 29 counts, including crimes linked to two victims who were his forced wives, dismissing a request to stay the case.
- The court said the trial can only proceed once Kony is in custody, noting the 2005 arrest warrant makes him the ICC's longest-standing fugitive while prosecutors continue efforts to track and arrest Kony.
- The hearing was widely seen as a test case for the ICC to move forward with prominent cases, as deputy prosecutor Mame Mandiaye Niang said Northern Uganda’s social fabric is torn and about 100,000 people were killed.
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The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague has confirmed the charges against Joseph Kony, the Ugandan militia leader who wreaked death and destruction in Uganda and surrounding countries at the beginning of this century. His war against the Ugandan government primarily targeted civilians, killing nearly 100,000 in approximately 20 years. As leader of the so-called Lord's Resistance Army (LRA), Kony is alleged to have been responsible fo…
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