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| Subject: Retarded International Criminal Court acquits guilty as hell Congolese militia leader Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui Wed Dec 19, 2012 11:16 pm | |
| A CONGOLESE militia leader has been acquitted by the International Criminal Court, a setback that experts warned sent a ''worrying signal'' about the court's ability to prosecute war criminals.
Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui was accused of leading fighters who destroyed a village in the Democratic Republic of the Congo in 2003, hacking to death and raping 200 people including women and children.
But the court's prosecutors failed to link Mr Ngudjolo to the atrocities, judges found. Their verdict was only the second in the court's history and leaves it with one conviction and one acquittal. Human rights groups said the victims had been denied justice.
The court in The Hague heard reports of victims being burned alive, babies smashed against walls and women raped in Bogoro in the mineral-rich Ituri province.
Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/world/fears-over-failure-to-link-congolese-leader-with-war-crimes-20121219-2bn52.html#ixzz2FYvTkJ6x
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