Efrain Rios Montt & Mauricio Rodriguez Sanchez April 3, 2013September 14, 2020 by Shawn Roberts Witnesses testify to rape in Rios Montt genocide trial; defense also objects to documents …military installation in May 1982 when she was 12 years old. Soldiers tied her hands and feet, stuffed her mouth with cloth, forced her to watch the rape of her…
Efrain Rios Montt & Mauricio Rodriguez Sanchez April 2, 2013September 14, 2020 by Shawn Roberts Court returns after Holy Week recess; witnesses testify to torture and massacres, and lawyers arrange for forthcoming testimony of sexual assault survivors …identities of the witnesses. Witnesses on Monday again described massacres, inhumane conditions in the mountains on fleeing, and in at least one instance, torture experienced directly by the witness during…
National Courts of Kenya March 29, 2013May 11, 2021 by Tom Maliti Kenya to know Supreme Court decision on Saturday …Otieno and Zahid Rajan, presented to the Supreme Court instances of what her clients claimed showed irregularities that dented the credibility of the presidential election. Kilonzo played a video of…
Efrain Rios Montt & Mauricio Rodriguez Sanchez March 27, 2013September 14, 2020 by Emi MacLean Judge Again Rejects Defense Calls for Her Recusal and Suspension of the Trial; 11 More Prosecution Witnesses Heard Before Easter Recess …stated that they only heard reports, but often after fleeing threats or brutality, or after arriving to find the results of a massacre. Palomo, for instance, asked this question of…
Efrain Rios Montt & Mauricio Rodriguez Sanchez March 25, 2013September 14, 2020 by Carolyn O'Neil Almudena Bernabeu: The 13-year struggle to bring Rios Montt to court …on Drug Trafficking and Crimes against the Environment of Guatemala (a first instance court) issued arrest warrants for four of the seven defendants. The process then took two directions that…
Efrain Rios Montt & Mauricio Rodriguez Sanchez March 23, 2013September 14, 2020 by Emi MacLean 'They viewed us as if we were not people': Witness testimony continues for a fourth day in Rios Montt trial …the military drowning her brother and two women in a river. Pedro del Barrio Caba described the military attacks on his community, emanating from the military installation at La Perla…
Efrain Rios Montt & Mauricio Rodriguez Sanchez March 22, 2013September 14, 2020 by Emi MacLean Day three: defense challenges witness integrity as testimony continues …the soldiers captured him and took them to a military installation, forcing him and other children to walk long distances. Soldiers detained him for four days at the military installation,…
Efrain Rios Montt & Mauricio Rodriguez Sanchez March 21, 2013September 14, 2020 by Emi MacLean Day two: Rios Montt representation, and prosecution testimony …witness. In some instances, the prosecution asked whether the witness or family members were guerrillas. Santiago Perez Luz, 72 years old, described a military attack on his village in Santa…
Germain Katanga & Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui January 2, 2013September 2, 2020 by Olivia Bueno Reactions to the Ngudjolo Decision: Divisions among Iturian Communities …was arrested and tried in 2003 by the Tribunal de Grande Instance in Bunia for the kidnapping and murder of a Hema, who was a cadre in the Union of…
Germain Katanga & Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui December 17, 2012September 2, 2020 by Olivia Bueno In Ituri, a Quiet Wait for the Verdict on Ngudjolo …were from the Hema community: in the instant cases perpetrators are from the Lendu and related communities but victims are again Hema). Others argued that the court must be allowed…
