Congo Ex-Vice President Guilty Of War Crimes In Landmark ICC Ruling

Voice of America: ICC Finds Bemba Guilty of War Crimes, Crimes Against Humanity

The International Criminal Court has found former Congolese vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba guilty on five counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

A three-judge panel in The Hague ruled unanimously that Bemba was criminally responsible for acts of murder, rape and pillage carried out by his militia in the Central African Republic in 2002 and 2003.

Bemba's Movement for the Liberation of Congo, or MLC, was helping forces of then-CAR president Ange-Felix Patasse fight a rebel movement.

Judge Silvia Steiner of Brazil, who read the verdict Monday, said evidence clearly showed that MLC fighters deliberately targeted civilians across the CAR and that victims included women, children and the elderly.

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