US EditionICC Opens First In Absentia Hearing to Confirm 39 Charges Against Joseph Kony
The International Criminal Court will present evidence against Joseph Kony for 39 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity committed mainly between 2002 and 2005.
- Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court began their first in absentia hearing for Joseph Kony, a fugitive Ugandan rebel leader, presenting evidence against him for 39 charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
- The charges focus on the horrors inflicted by Kony and the Lord's Resistance Army, which terrorized Uganda and attacked neighboring countries.
- The hearing allows prosecutors to outline their case, but Kony cannot be tried unless he is in custody, raising concerns about the legal proceedings.
- Survivors in Uganda welcome the charges against Kony, expressing frustration over his ongoing freedom despite international efforts to capture him.
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Support grows in Uganda for ICC action against rebel leader Joseph Kony
Some Ugandans have expressed support for the opening of the legal proceedings against the rebel leader Joseph Kony by the International Criminal Court (ICC). Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court began presenting evidence Tuesday to support charges against fugitive Ugandan rebelJoseph Kony
ABC FOX Montana
Kony defence urges ICC judges to halt case
The main defence lawyer for Ugandan rebel chief Joseph Kony Wednesday urged International Criminal Court judges to freeze the case against his client, as he cannot challenge evidence in his absence.
ICC opens war crimes case against Ugandan rebel leader Kony
THE HAGUE, Netherlands — Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court began presenting evidence Tuesday to support their charges against fugitive Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Kony at the global court’s first ever in absentia hearing, alleging that he inflicted horrors on…
Harrowing tales as Kony war crimes trial opens
THE HAGUE - Villages torched, young girls forced into sexual slavery, women abandoning babies to flee for their lives: the International Criminal Court Tuesday heard harrowing stories of atrocities allegedly committed by Joseph Kony’s Lord’s Resistance Army in Uganda.
Radio France Internationale
Kony crimes still felt in Uganda, 20 years on, ICC hears
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