well the trial against these 2 leaders has just started here in the hague it's the 1st time that this wave of violence in the central african republic in 20132014 is now on trial in the i.c.c. so that's why it's seen as a landmark case also looking at the atrocities that happened tom is facing $21.00 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity is facing even more $32.00 accounts of war crimes and crimes against humanity including also rape and attempted rape also recruiting child soldiers so the trial is opening here in 4 days to come the prosecutor will lay out the case and defense will also give initial statements then in a month from now the evidence will be presented and it's also interesting to know that $1400.00 participating victims will be including in this trial that means that the i.c.c. gives the opportunity for victims of the violence that happened to actually participate in the way that they can also through their lawyers question the suspects but also witnesses here on trial it will be a long trial but a very important trial also interesting to note that they also t

reporting live from the hague many thanks. catherine sawyer has also been following this case she looks now at the crimes that dominick unwin has been convicted of. john attack on your says her son and parents were killed here in look already in northern uganda by the lord's resistance army or air laurie in 2004 it was one of many villages that were attacked by the group and i was in the market when the attack happened it was evening time when they started shooting i ran home and when i got there i found my son dead his body was next to his grandparents dominic when he say to have been the rebel commander in charge of the low quality massacre wrap to 60 people were killed the war between l.r.u. rebels and the government began 3 decades ago and is now safe to have shifted into parts of central african republic the democratic republic of congo and south sudan joseph corney formed the group to overthrow president yoweri museveni in uganda and create a state based on his interpretation of the bill because it had commandments the gr

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so the international criminal court at the hague has found the ugandan militia leader dominic and when guilty of war crimes after a 4 year trial this was unlike other trials of its nature because of just how and when rose to his position he was part of the lord's resistance army but he himself was abducted by the group at the age of 10 and forced to become a child soldier even so the court found him guilty of ordering the killings of civilians and abducted children declared he did not do so under any duress. the chamber's therefore convicted only going over total of $61.00 crimes compromising both crimes against humanity and war crimes to try to sum up in a few words the lengthy and technical verdict rendered by the chamber the only going has been found guilty beyond reasonable doubt of a number of crimes committed in the context of the 4 specified attacks on the i.d.p. camps of. or dick look already and book attacks against the civilian population murder attempted murder torture and slave meant outrages upon personal dignity pillaging destruction of property and persecution often said

we return to the hague the verdict in the case of dominic. the lord's resistance army commander and there are guilty verdicts sexual slave and torture pillaging most importantly i think so far the hague court saying there is evidence beyond reasonable doubt we'll talk to a correspondent in a moment to have a listen and 1st on yeah i think i do if you can. on account 15 of the charges guilty of the war crime of attempted murder 1st into 2 articles 8 to see roman 1253 if and 253 a of the wrongs that you. don't 29th of april 2000 for. an account 16 of the charges guilty of the crime against humanity of torture person to article $71.00 if and 253 of the rooms that you committed on 29th 2000 for at on your take i have an account of 17 of the charges guilty of the war crime of torture persons 2 articles 82011253 of the rooms that you committed on 29th of april 2000 for at on your dick. and i count 18 of the charges not guilty of a crime against humanity of the year the judge has counted 18 out of approximately 70 and i believe against dominic would

but it's like a closer look at the 2 former militia leaders facing this trial at the hague i.c.c. prosecutors say that after the 3 word go soner senior leaders within the mostly christian and to block the movement its fighters targeted muslims in a campaign of violence after muslim select a rebel seize power this is in 2013 their alleged crimes include torture murder and rape both men deny the charges they were arrested in central africa republican 2018 yes on says he was beaten and tortured after his arrest all right let's speak to our conference that person who's the hagans to us more about this case and how long proceedings are set to continue for yeah just are the 2 men have indeed denied the charges and are also said i don't recognize me at all myself in these charges after the prosecutor laid out the $20.00 to $21.00 accounts of war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed by and $32.00 accounts by basically the prosecutors painted the picture of violence against muslim minority in the capital bangui but also in out of villages where muslim residents of randomly

and how he ended up on trial in the hague you have noticed that this is dominick. because this trial has been years in the making with thousands of witnesses providing testimony us. in was a senior commander in joseph county's lord's resistance army after having been abducted himself by the group in his youth kone founded the group in 1988 amid widespread ethnic fighting in uganda. the group committed rape mutilation torture and murder as it moved across uganda the democratic republic of congo the central african republic as well as south sudan. the international criminal court also heard hours of recordings of commanders ordering atrocities. many former child soldiers have been rehabilitated after a childhood from hell. in the half ducted in 1995. when i was still 9 he asked. so i stayed there for 5 years had them come back they picked me from those from my parents and then cut off for 22. maintains has been killed so i sent away from mountains. laura leader joseph coney is still at large but the group is just a shadow of its former self now on grounds trial has be

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fellow thanks for joining us 2 former militia leaders facing trial at the hague have pleaded not guilty to charges of war crimes committed in the central african republic tom and patrice edward and guy so in our world leaders of a mostly christian movement there are cues that coordinating targeted violence towards muslims when muslim seleka rebels overthrew the government this was the moment the court laid out the charges. so nice criminally responsible under defiler we most. want. facilitating the commission of the crimes us set out in the french arches by 18 of 18 and otherwise assisting in their commission or to contribute in any other way to the commission of those crimes by a group of persons acting with a calm purpose so this was the 1st day let's bring in stop passengers joining us from the hague so just talk to us a little bit more about the case and as i'm saying it's a 1st stay how long are proceedings expected to take yes this is the 1st day and it will take a long time before this trial will finish this week the 1st 4 days will be just simply laying out the case and then in

going to hear in the headlines the international criminal court at the hague has found uganda militia leader dominic when guilty of war crimes a judge says that he ordered the killings of civilians abducted children al-jazeera stepped fast and reports from the hague it was a very long list of crimes that he's now been found guilty of 1st 61 accounts of the 70 account that he was facing the most important message from the judge though was that he is holding on when fully responsible for the crimes that he has committed because of course we know that he has been a former child soldier himself the defense has said that he is mentally disabled that he has stress syndrome and all kinds of mental illnesses but according to the judges that didn't matter when he was committing these crimes he was fully aware of what he was doing myanmar's military has restricted access to social media including facebook activists say the people have been arrested in mandalay demonstrating against the coup. chile has become the 1st latin american country to launch a mass covert 19 vaccination campaign more tha

al-jazeera i'm come all santa maria and these are the headlines the international criminal court at the hague has found ugandan militia leader dominic guilty of war crimes a judge says he ordered the killings of civilians and abducted children on going was part of the lord's resistance army but he himself was abducted by the armed group at the age of 10 and forced to become a child soldier the chambers there for convicted only going over total of $61.00 crimes compromising both crimes against humanity and war crimes to try to sum up in a few words the lengthy and technical verdict rendered by the chamber the only going has been found guilty beyond reasonable doubt of a number of crimes committed in the context of the 4 specified attacks on the i.d.p. camps of. what dick codey and book attacks against the civilian population murder attempted murder torture and slave meant outrages upon personal dignity pillaging destruction of property and persecution more from our correspondent stepped past than in the hague . so it was a very long list of crimes that he's now been found guilty of 1st 61 acco

a court in the hague has ruled that the dutch government's controversial covert curfew is illegal itsaid that authorities had misused emergency powers the curfew will however remain in place until the government's appeal on friday our europe correspondent peter all of us been following developments. well this 9 pm curfew that's been in place in the netherlands to try and stop the spread of covert 1000 being one of the most controversial measures that's been put in across the european continent on tuesday a court in the hague said it was illegal the curfew is a far reaching violation of the right to freedom of movement and previously and indirectly limits among other things the right to freedom of assembly and demonstration the curfew is based on a law for emergency situations where there's no time for debate with parliament there was no such pressing need in this case no such pressing need seems to be one of the key phrases in the ruling it relates directly to the fact that the number of covert cases in the netherlands has been declining steadily since mid december we did see demonst

town on the program today one of the olds resistance on news most notorious kamandi is convicted at the hague domini own when he has been found. when he commanded the ugandan rebel group. therefore if the legal truth of the crimes compromising prove crimes against humanity. now they elaborate transform thousands of young boys and girls into child soldiers in its 30 year bringing up terror i'll be talking to one of them. hello i'm christine one it's good to have your company a former commander in the notorious ugandan rebel group holds resistance army has been convicted of war crimes and crimes against humanity at the international criminal court dominate was found guilty of $61.00 charges over a reign of terror in the early to thousands his crimes include murder rape sexual enslavement and the conscription of child soldiers he had denied all the charges when some special forces who were hunting the and always found that 802015 he will be sentenced at a later date he faces a maximum punishment off life imprisonment. you have noticed that skip this is dominick on where he's from is this trial h

i'm showing that the court is serious in holding both sides accountable step fasten al-jazeera the hague. the president of france has ruled out an immediate reduction of french troops fighting. in the. whole told of the region's 5 nations that cutting numbers suddenly would be a mistake but he pointed out that it likely reduction would follow a minute reports from. it was a summit many fear it will end with a significant reduction in french troops but president demanded mccall announced that france will keep its troops in the south for now then also meant was greeted with relief. deferred messages to underline the pressure on terrorist groups part in our group under freeboard days especially with the chaldean battalion starting from the coming days and weeks to lead concrete operations in gain control he says frost's continued presence however will depend on how committed countries are in the region to taking back control of their territories nearly 8 years after a cent it's troops to confront. france is looking for a way out its oppressions in the sale of cost billions of $1.55 of his s

sentence it will take months before on one knows what the sentence will be step fasten al-jazeera the hague. the house of representatives is expected to vote in the next few hours on controversial u.s. republican congresswoman marjorie taylor green a considering removing her from several official committees greene has expressed support for the killing on conspiracy theory and other extreme views as well including advocating violence against democrats. tanti is live for us now from capitol hill and how much turmoil has this caused within the republican party. it really is a major dilemma now for the republican party and we do see a sort of a split between the republicans in the house of representatives and the republicans in the senate the republicans in the senate they believe mitch mcconnell the republican leader in the senate has already said you know this is a cancer for the republican party what he's worried about is the more you pander to conspiracy theories the extremes of the trump base the less electable the republicans will get but perhaps more important given that this is the unit

thanks for that status and reporting from the hague. military has denied carrying out a coup and pledges again to hold elections next year the spokesman for the armed forces says they had no choice but to seize power moments later the lawyer of the deposed leader. so the military has filed charges against the court as this report . they're. continuing their civil disobedience movement and like who protesters in yes don't block train services out of ensign railway station one of the city's largest. and east on the other end of the line in mala 9 protesters there also did the same in his 1st press conference since taking over the military just to justify its actions saying it was not a coup and that the protestors are inciting violence. elsewhere in yangon protestors laid down to look like they were arresting illustrating the point that tense nights are robbing them of sleep this overconcerned of night time patrols and arrests more than 400 people have been detained according to a monitoring group as a protest is ramp up pressure by strike

crimes and crimes against humanity including murders rape and systematic forced marriages according the hague found that dominate on when ordered the killing and abduction of civilians including children the former commander in the lord's resistance army faces a life in prison. accord in belgium her sentence than a rainy and diplomat to 20 years in prison for masterminding a foiled bomb plot in france in 2018 a saudi was convicted of organizing before to attack targeting an iranian opposition rally near paris a saudi has been stripped of his diplomatic immunity iran has condemned the sentence describing it as illegal and a violation of international law. this is news from berlin you can follow us on twitter and instagram at news of visit our website w dot com. former u.s. president trump made no secret of his motives when he ordered the pentagon to withdraw all 12000 troops from germany payback for a nato country that trump labeled a security freeloader well fast forward to the biden presidency yesterday the general in charge of u.s. forces here in europe said trump's decision is now being re

criminal court in the netherlands ruled he was still fully responsible for his crimes and reports from the hague. never before has the international criminal court heard such a long list of guilty verdicts and never before would a crimes this gruesome attacks against the civilian population murder attempted murder torture and slave meant outrages upon personal dignity pillaging destruction of property and persecution numerous psychiatry's looked into on one's personality he was described as a monster by some witnesses after he was kidnapped at the age of 9 by the lord's resistance army or the al or a he spent nearly 3 decades in the bush the atrocities he has been convicted of include sex crimes that took place when he was in his twenties the judges decided that he was mentally able and fully responsible for his crimes when this verdict the judge would have given a clear and firm answer to the question of whether a moment on one is a perpetrator or victim this question has haunted the trial for the last 5 years the seemingly endless list of crimes that all one has been convicted of hard to diges

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showing that the court is serious in holding both sides accountable step fasten al-jazeera the hague. the president of france has ruled out an immediate reduction of french troops fighting armed groups linked to al qaida and eisel in the sahara in one year michael told leaders of the region's 5 nations at an online summit that cutting numbers suddenly would be a mistake but he pointed out that a likely reduction would follow chad says it will deploy more than a 1000 troops to bolster the french presence of more than $5000.00 he also indicated that other european nations could get involved said clearly the lute concluded would be the absolute priority of our military strategy is to continue our fight against terrorist group is this will be achieved with the strengthening of the joints a whole force which is already made immense progress our intention now is to strengthen this 5 force with sustained funding. a spanish rap artist who knocked him self inside a catamaran university to avoid a prison sentence has been arrested or has had to held out against a deadline to hand him self in fo

showing that the court is serious in holding both sides accountable step fasten al-jazeera the hague. rescue teams in the democratic republic of congo say they're struggling to reach the bodies of those who died in an overcrowded boat capsizes at least 75 people are known to have drowned when the vessel sank in the congo river on sunday. but hundreds of others are still missing as alexia brought reports. the wreckage of the box the limit lies close to shore on the congo river on the surface it's all broken wood and discarded belongings it's what lies beneath that rescue and recovery work is a focusing on our desire to be the majority of bodies are still in the boat because most of the passengers were killed as there was sleeping on different levels we need to break the boat to pot we don't have the capacity to do more we need help. the vase so went down on sunday province it had left the capital kinshasa and was headed for dhaka about 700 kilometers up river. everything happened so fast as the boat broke up deep in the river the passengers all panicked inside the boat making the situa

from the russian deputy minister of justice as the appeal process continues reporting next from the hague or europe correspondent peter oliver. it's taken 16 years to get to this point $60000000000.00 are at stake the investors in the former oil and gas giant you coffs claim the russian state illegally expropriated you causes assets in breach of the 1994 energy charter treaty russia did sign the e.c. t. but it was never ratified and it never became law i spoke to the deputy justice minister all of the russian federation because paired and he told me what russia's arguments counted last were the main argument and main issue was the energy charter treaty ratified by russia which means there is room there but equal authority which contains these arbitration agreement under which really russian people russian persons russian japanese try to use international mechanism to see russia opponents try to see you signed there and despite the fact it wasn't certified by the parliament as you know in any democratic and parliamentary you need to parliaments consent on these kind of issues also parliame

sentence it will take months before on one knows what the sentence will be step fossum al jazeera the hague. iraq's government has been holding funerals for more than 100 members of a religious minority killed by i.c.l. in what the united nations has called genocide at least 3000 years edis were killed and 7000 women were forced into sexual slavery after i still took control of their ancestral homeland in 2014 so not a fault in reports now from baghdad. these trucks carry the bodies of 100 for years edis murdered by eisel nearly 7 years after their killing there are at last on their way to their final resting place they were among thousands killed and buried in mass graves in the northern region of. another 1st to be identified using d.n.a. analysis after their remains were examined from the mass graves. now they have a name a face a family to return to. in life the iraqi government didn't protect them from i still see the magic campaign of killing and kidnapping. in death it is trying to grant them the respect they deserve. today's funeral procession is a message that terrorism targeted me

, anna holligan, the hague, anna holligan, sent this.supposed to be packed with putty, one of the largest single intercepts of cocaine worldwide. more than 16 tonnes concealed in tins for wall filler. it entered europe via the german port city of hamburg on a container vessel from paraguay, that's been a key transit country for years. translation: colleagues are working day and night| and through weekends, often without finding anything, so it's a nice success for them. years ago, we could not imagine that we would find one tonne. this incredible amount obviously makes my colleagues happy and content. according to detectives, the cocaine recovered in hamburg and antwerp had a combined street value of roughly 600 million euros. so far, only one suspect has been detained. a 28—year—old dutchman was arrested. so far, there were no arrests made in germany, but the investigation is obviously ongoing because we believe that the chap couldn't have acted alone. despite speculation the record seizures may be linked to the covid restrictions, maki

the international criminal court in the hague has found a ugandan militia leader dominic unwin guilty of war crimes the judge says he ordered the killings of civilians and abducted children. a longtime activist and fierce critic of the lebanese political party has bala has been shot dead his death has provoked a public outcry but there has been no claim of responsibility is in a hold the reports now from beirut killed by 4 bullets to the head and one in his back look months liam was found dead in his car in southern lebanon early on thursday he was a long time activist and fierce critic of hezbollah there has been no claim of responsibility but his family has reached its verdict read the relevant nor in this country you're not allowed to have a voice against the ruling party they are strong and they won more than a year ago slim asked for protection against the iran backed armed group which controls political power in the country. progression in lebanon is going bigger and bigger and the freedom of expression is vanishing given all there is nothing to say about democracy in lebanon th

you without these are the top stories the international criminal court at the hague has found ugandan militia leader dominic angwin guilty of war crimes a judge says he ordered the killings of civilians and abducted children steadfast and has more from the hague. it was a very long list of crimes that he's now been found guilty of 1st 61 accounts of this 70 account that he was facing the most important message from the judge though was that he is holding on when fully responsible for the crimes that he has committed because of course we know that he has been a former child soldier himself the defense has said that he is mentally able that he has post-traumatic stress syndrome and all kinds of mental illnesses but according to the judges that didn't matter when he was committing these crimes he was fully aware of what he was doing in other news an activist group in me and. 147 people have been arrested since monday's coup social media is being restricted including access to facebook the un has criticised the move away from democracy. and the red cross and red crescent movement say 70 p

steverson was following the trial she reports from outside the courtroom in the hague. well he's been found guilty on 61 of the 70 accounts so you could say there is not much levy and see here from the judge's side the main question of course on the table here for the dart. is there's a victim or a perpetrator or is the something in between well the charges were very clear about it he is a perpetrator he was fully responsible he was morally mentally able he was aware of what he was doing he could have escaped and he didn't so also very clear and strong ferdi that actually shocked the defense ice just spoke to the lawyer he said he called it a bombshell verdict he said it wasn't fair because the whole victim side of he was 9 years old the judges have now established age because there was a lot of discussion about how old he was when he was abducted the charges say he was 9 years old he had a whole period 6 years long before he was officially 50 years old you can become a child a soldier officially in uganda so you had this whole traumatic past but another thing that the l

judges at the international criminal court in the hague have ruled the court has jurisdiction in the palestinian territories this could lead to investigations of alleged war crimes committed there israel which is not a member of the i.c.c. insists the court has no jurisdiction. a german army medical team flew to lisbon this week to help portugal cope with a virus surge that has made it the world's worst hit country by population size for sure goal has an acute shortage of medical staff which means the german team has gone straight to work. doctors and nurses from germany are getting ready to provide urgently needed assistance that part of these hospitals beginning monday they will treat patients with a specially said vehicle with 19 infections. currently they are still getting acquainted with the works. we've gotten does look at us yet site luckily we had already spends 2 days together before we were flown out of course with cold and patients and i cannot stress this enough it's extremely important to always wear the personal protective equipment correctly it helps no one if we ourse