Bosco Ntaganda January 19, 2016April 22, 2021 by Wairagala Wakabi Witness Tells Ntaganda Judges He Counted 57 Bodies of UPC Massacre Victims …Yesterday, Witness P790 recounted four attacks against his hometown of Kobu, which he said were carried out by the FPLC, the armed wing of the Union of Congolese Patriots (UPC),…
Bosco Ntaganda November 13, 2015April 22, 2021 by Wairagala Wakabi Ntaganda Lawyer Says Child Soldier’s Testimony Motivated by Personal Gain …added to her testimony a number of the things she said today and yesterday. One of the reasons is the fact that her status was withdrawn. In order to obtain…
Bosco Ntaganda November 11, 2015April 22, 2021 by Wairagala Wakabi Former Child Soldier Is Shielded from Ntaganda’s View, but Fails to Testify …she is in a complicated situation,” said the official. “She finds herself in one and the same same room as the accused and that’s a problem for her. Yesterday she…
Bosco Ntaganda September 11, 2015April 22, 2021 by International Justice Monitor Transcript of Bosco Ntaganda’s Address at the Opening of his ICC Trial …the Bosco Ntaganda depicted to you by the Prosecutor yesterday. I acknowledge that I was at the front in the DRC [Democratic Republic of Congo]. I am not ashamed to…
Guatemala Trials August 26, 2015December 15, 2020 by Sophie Beaudoin Court Orders Rios Montt and Rodriguez Sanchez Retrial to Begin in January 2016 …all counts. Although the retrial is now scheduled to begin in January, that may not be the last word. Both the prosecution and defense are expected to appeal yesterday’s ruling….
Guatemala Trials August 19, 2015December 15, 2020 by Sophie Beaudoin Expert Findings Cast Doubt on Rios Montt Retrial A retrial of former Guatemalan head of state Efrain Rios Montt on charges of genocide and crimes against humanity appeared to become increasingly unlikely yesterday. Doctors testified before the high-risk…
Guatemala Trials August 5, 2015December 15, 2020 by Sophie Beaudoin Rios Montt Transferred to Psychiatric Hospital to Test Fitness for Retrial …yesterday’s hearing by rejecting the motion as being obviously frivolous, malicious, and discriminatory. The hearing continued with Rios Montt’s counsel asking the court to order their client’s transfer to the…
Guatemala Trials July 24, 2015December 15, 2020 by Emi MacLean & Sophie Beaudoin Guatemalan Court Orders Rios Montt’s Transfer to National Psychiatric Hospital Hospital to Evaluate Whether Dictator Mentally Fit to Face Genocide Trial Yesterday, Guatemalan courts again took up the question of whether octogenarian former dictator Efraín Rios Montt, and his then…
Guatemala Trials June 26, 2015December 15, 2020 by Sophie Beaudoin Rios Montt Prosecutor Challenges Travel Ban Yesterday, a Guatemalan appeals court considered whether the lead prosecutor in Guatemala’s historic genocide trial of former dictator Efrain Rios Montt could be reprimanded for statements he made out of…
Guatemala Trials June 23, 2015December 15, 2020 by Sophie Beaudoin Guatemala Transitional Justice Update: Rios Montt Challenges July Retrial and Fourth Police Official Arrested for 1991 Political Assassination …Galvez ruled in a hearing yesterday that prosecutors and victims representatives could introduce at trial the more than 40 witnesses and experts they proposed. Judge Galvez also endorsed their use…