Dominic Ongwen Found Guilty Of War Crimes, Could Face Life Sentence

Posted on Feb 04, 2021
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The International Criminal Court has convicted child soldier turned LRA commander Dominic Ongwen of war Crimes and crimes against humanity.

Ongwen, 45 was found guilty of 61 charges relating to crimes which include murder, rape, sexual enslavement, abduction, toture and pillaging carried out in the early 2000s.

The United Nations states that LRA killed more than 100,000 people and abducted more than 60,000 children during it's operation.

Ongwen surrendered to US special forces who were hunting LRA leader Joseph Kony in the Central African Republic in early 2015 and was transfered to the ICC to face trial.



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