Congo-Kinshasa:   Witness Says She Expects Compensation

Bemba Trial Website, 28 January 2011

A witness told the judges of the Bemba trial on Friday that she expects compensation for the abuse she suffered at the hands of the Movement for the Liberation of Congo (MLC)… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa:   Witness Admits to Inconsistencies in His Testimony

Bemba Trial Website, 26 January 2011

A prosecution witness in Jean-Pierre Bemba's trial has admitted that there were inconsistencies between the statements he made to prosecution investigators in 2008 and his oral… Read more »

Central African Republic:   MLC Soldier Said Patassé Ordered Killings

Bemba Trial Website, 25 January 2011

The prosecution's sixth witness in former Congolese Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba's trial today related how a commander in Mr. Bemba's militia said that the then president of… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa:   Witness Says Atrocities Reduced When Bemba Visited His Soldiers in CAR

Bemba Trial Website, 24 January 2011

A witness on Monday stated that crimes committed by Movement for the Liberation of Congo (MLC) soldiers against Central African civilians reduced when the militia's leader,… Read more »

Congo-Kinshasa:   Bemba Trial Hinges on Command Responsibility

Bemba Trial Website, 24 January 2011

Dear readers - Below find a report written by Lisa Clifford, a journalist and commentator specialising in issues of justice and human rights in central Africa. The views and… Read more »

Central African Republic:   Witness Says Bemba Soldiers Sodomized Him in Front of His Wives And Children

Bemba Trial Website, 21 January 2011

A witness today told judges at the International Criminal Court (ICC) that three soldiers from war crimes accused Jean-Pierre Bemba's militia group sodomized him in the presence of… Read more »

Central African Republic:   Witnesses Testify That Bemba's Fighters Raped Men, Women, And Children

Bemba Trial Website, 21 January 2011

This week the trial of Congolese opposition leader Jean-Pierre Bemba continued to hear testimony from individuals who were raped by soldiers allegedly belonging to the Movement for… Read more »

Central African Republic:   Rape Survivor Tells Bemba Trial That She Has Aids

Bemba Trial Website, 17 January 2011

A rape survivor testifying in Congolese opposition leader Jean-Pierre Bemba's trial told the court on Monday that she discovered she was infected with HIV/AIDS following her rape… Read more »

Central African Republic:   Witness Insists It Was Bemba's Troops Who Raped and Looted

Bemba Trial Website, 12 January 2011

On Wednesday, a witness insisted that it was Congolese troops belonging to war crimes accused Jean-Pierre Bemba's militia who raped women and looted property in the Central African… Read more »

Central African Republic:   Bemba's Lawyer Says Several Militias Committed Atrocities

Bemba Trial Website, 13 January 2011

A defense lawyer in the trial of Jean-Pierre Bemba today stated that there were several militia groups that committed atrocities in Bangui at the time the accused's troops were in… Read more »

Central Africa:   'Command Responsibility' Underpins Allegations Against Bemba at ICC

UNIRIN, 30 December 2010

It was systematic rape to assert dominance and shatter resistance. That is how Luis Moreno-Ocampo described the campaign of terror allegedly committed seven years ago by a… Read more »

Central African Republic:   Prosecution's Opening Statement in Bemba Trial

Bemba Trial Website, 15 December 2010

Below is an unofficial transcript of the Prosecution's November 22, 2010 opening statement in the war crimes trial of former Congolese vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba at the… Read more »

Central African Republic:   Opening Statements By Victims' Lawyers At Bemba Trial

Bemba Trial Website, 17 December 2010

Below is an unofficial transcript of the opening statements by legal representatives of participating victims at the start of Jean-Pierre Bemba's trial at the International… Read more »