ICC convicts former LRA child soldier-turned commander Dominic Ongwen of war crimes
Crimes relate to Dominic Ongwen’s time as a commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army rebel group in northern Uganda in the 1980s
04 February 2021 - 20:20
The Hague — The International Criminal Court (ICC) convicted victim-turned-perpetrator Dominic Ongwen of war crimes committed during two decades of insurgency in northern Uganda.
Ongwen was found guilty of 61 of 70 charges, including abductions, sexual slavery, murder, rape and torture, ICC judge Bertram Schmitt said in the verdict delivered on Thursday in The Hague. The crimes relate to Ongwen’s time as a commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA) rebel group that began a rebellion in northern Uganda in the 1980s...
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