New York — Following the arrest of Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo on May 24, the International Criminal Court should pursue other top officials in the Central African Republic and the Democratic Republic of Congo for atrocities committed against civilians, Human Rights Watch said today.
Bemba, the former vice-president of Congo and leader of the country's main opposition party, the Mouvement du Libération du Congo (MLC), was arrested by Belgian authorities near Brussels on the basis of an International Criminal Court (ICC) arrest warrant. He is charged with war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed by troops under his command in the city of Bangui in the neighboring Central African Republic (CAR).
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