Uganda: Witness Testifies About His 2012 Radio Appeal to Ongwen to Leave the LRA

A former member of the high command of the Lord's Resistance Army (LRA) told the International Criminal Court (ICC) that in 2012 he used FM radio to appeal to Dominic Ongwen, who is on trial at the ICC, to leave the LRA.

Francis Okot told the court he did this soon after he had left the LRA. He said he was not pressured to make the appeal to Ongwen. Okot said he made the appeal despite Ongwen holding a higher rank in the LRA than he did.

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