Bosco Ntaganda (Français) June 7, 2016May 6, 2021 by Wairagala Wakabi M. Ntaganda a enlevé des écoliers puis les a enrôlé dans sa milice …Mandro accueillait un camp d’entraînement des Forces patriotiques pour la libération du Congo (FPLC), le groupe dont M. Ntaganda était le commandant en chef. Interrogé par l’avocat de première instance…
Guatemala Trials June 7, 2016December 15, 2020 by Jo-Marie Burt CREOMPAZ Hearings Conclude; Tribunal to Determine if Case Goes to Trial …within the CREOMPAZ installations, and have positively identified over 130 victims using DNA evidence. The victims were forcibly disappeared between 1981 and 1987, the worst years of violence in a…
Laurent Koudou Gbagbo & Charles Blé Goudé May 25, 2016September 14, 2020 by Antoine Panaïté Blé Goudé and the Young Patriots at the Center of Witness P-431’s Cross-Examination …(which, according to the witness, were on the road between Abidjan and Yamoussoukro) had been installed at the call of Blé Goudé?” the lawyer asked. “No I cannot tell you,”…
Laurent Koudou Gbagbo & Charles Blé Goudé May 24, 2016September 14, 2020 by Antoine Panaïté Blé Goudé’s “Shadow Work” According to Witness P-431 …time for weapons“ The witness only described the contours of the videos he had made at the time. For instance, he repeatedly spoke about “tense” situations where “people were angry…
Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo May 16, 2016September 2, 2020 by Wairagala Wakabi Defense Lawyer on Trial at ICC for Witness Tampering to Make Unsworn Statement …to make an unsworn statement in his or her defense. Unsworn statements have been made in other trials at the ICC. For instance, Germain Katanga and Thomas Lubanga made unsworn…
Laurent Koudou Gbagbo & Charles Blé Goudé May 11, 2016September 14, 2020 by Antoine Panaïté Witness P-441’s Inconsistencies Identified by the Defense …the case regarding the witness’s age at the time of his first job. He also attempted to point out that there are inaccuracies in the testimony, for instance on the…
Guatemala Trials May 4, 2016December 15, 2020 by Jo-Marie Burt Key Hearings Start in War Crimes Trial Against High-Ranking Military Officers in Guatemala …85 clandestine graves within the installations of Military Zone 21 (MZ21), a center of military coordination and intelligence located in Cobán, in the department of Alta Verapaz, during the 1980s….
Bosco Ntaganda (Français) April 29, 2016May 6, 2021 by Wairagala Wakabi Les avocats de la défense testent un ancien combattant de l'UPC sur sa connaissance du fonctionnement de la milice …Dans les brefs instants pendant lesquels la défense l’a interrogé en séance publique, il a été cependant évident que les avocats de M. Ntaganda tentaient de démonter la véracité du…
Bosco Ntaganda April 22, 2016April 22, 2021 by Wairagala Wakabi Expert Concludes Testimony on Trauma …physical stress that is extremely damaging. According to the expert, in the instance of a person who has been raped by multiple rapists, “again this is an extremely egregious context…
Guatemala Trials April 1, 2016December 15, 2020 by Jo-Marie Burt Major Breakthrough for Guatemala Grave Crimes Cases: Judge Seizes Previously Denied Military Documents …present their testimony before a pre-trial judge. The witnesses lived in the area where the Creompaz installation is located. They allege that they were forcibly removed from their homes and…
