Congo-Kinshasa: Bemba Sentencing a Warning to Other Warlords

RIGHTS groups have welcomed the landmark sentencing of Jean-Pierre Bemba to 18 years in prison for rape, murder and pillage committed by his troops in the Central African Republic in 2002 and 2003.

The sentence is the longest handed down so far in the ICC's history, and yet still falls short of the 25 years asked by the Office of the Prosecutor and the maximum sentence requested by the Legal Representative for the more than 5,000 participating victims in this trial.

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