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Former Congo VP sentenced to additional year in prison
Former vice president of the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), Jean-Pierre Bemba Gombo, was sentenced on Wednesday by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to an additional year in prison and fined approximately $325,000 for interfering with hi (More) |
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Former Congo VP found guilty of bribing witnesses
A former vice president of the Democratic Republic of Congo was found guilty of bribing witnesses in his International Criminal Court (ICC) trial for war crimes. On Wednesday The Hague-based court found Jean-Pierre Bemba guilty of bribery during (More) |
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AU advisory board accuses ICC of bias against African nations
An advisory board to the African Union (AU) on Saturday accused the International Criminal Court (ICC) of narrowly focusing its investigations on African government leaders since its inception in 2002. Last April, AU members ordered the Economic S (More) |
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ICC sentences ex-Congolese military leader Bemba to 18 years
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday sentenced [decision, PDF; press release] ex-Congolese military leader Jean-Pierre Bemba to 18 years in jail for crimes against humanity and war crimes stemming from his involvement in the conflict (More) |
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Ex-Congolese military leader convicted of crimes against humanity and war crimes
The International Criminal Court (ICC) on Monday declared unanimously that ex-Congolese military leader Jean-Pierre Bemba is guilty of two counts of crimes against humanity and three counts of war crimes for his role in the armed conflict in the C (More) |
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Former Congo VP pleads not guilty to interfering with administration of justice
Former Congolese vice president Vice President Jean-Pierre Bemba pleaded not guilty on Tuesday to charges of interfering with the administration of justice. Bemba is accused of paying witnesses and coaching them to give false testimony in his war (More) |
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Former Congolese vice president ordered to stand trial on charges of interfering with justice
Judges of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday ordered former Congolese vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba and four members of his legal team to stand trial on charges of interfering with the administration of justice. Bemba and his te (More) |
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ICC orders interim release of four suspects with ties to Bemba case
Judge Cuno Tarfusser of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Tuesday reviewed the detention status of four suspects motu proprio and ordered their interim release in a case pending before the ICC related to the detention of former Congolese v (More) |
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ICC delays closing arguments in Bemba case to hear prosecution witness
Trial Chamber III of the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday set the closing arguments for the case against Jean-Pierre Bemba for the week of November 10. The closing statements were delayed so that the Chamber may hear the testimony o (More) |
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ICC announces arrests for falsifying evidence in Congo rebel leaders' war crimes trial
Four persons have been arrested on charges of falsifying evidence in connection with the trial of Jean-Pierre Bemba [case materials; JURIST news archive], the International Criminal Court (ICC) announced Sunday. On November 20, Judge Cuno Jakob Ta (More) |
Frederick Douglass escaped from slavery
On September 3, 1838, abolitionist and human rights advocate Frederick Douglass escaped from slavery in Baltimore by posing as a free sailor and boarding a train bound for Philadelphia. Read Douglass' 1881 tract My Escape from Slavery.
