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| ICC suspends release of Thomas Lubanga | |
BBC News - July 23, 2010 | |
 | The International Criminal Court has suspended the release of the accused in its first case, Thomas Lubanga from the Democratic Republic of Congo. Prosecutors have appealed against the court's decision to release him after his trial was suspended last week. He will remain in custody until judges rule on the appeal, the court said. |
| ICC orders the release of Thomas Lubanga | |
ICC - July 15, 2010 | |
| Following its decision, dated 8 July, 2010, imposing an unconditional stay on the proceedings of the case The Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, Trial Chamber I of the International Criminal Court today ordered the release of the accused. According to the judges, an accused cannot be held in preventative custody on a speculative basis, namely that at some stage in the future the proceedings may be resurrected. |
| ICC suspends Thomas Lubanga trial | |
ICC - July 8, 2010 | |
| The International Criminal Court ordered to stay the proceedings in the case The Prosecutor v. Thomas Lubanga Dyilo, considering that the fair trial of the accused is no longer possible due to non-implementation of the Chamber’s orders by the Prosecution. The judges had ordered the Office of the Prosecutor to confidentially disclose to the Defence the names and other necessary identifying information, of intermediary 143. |
| Lubanga Witness Says He Was Paid US$200 To Tell Lies | |
lubangatrial.org - February 8, 2010 | |
| A witness today told the war crimes trial of Thomas Lubanga that intermediaries of the International Criminal Court (ICC) gave him US$200 as payment for convincing his nephew to give false testimony against the accused. |
| UN Security Council renews arms embargo and sanctions in DR Congo | |
UN News - November 30, 2009 | |
 | Council members voted unanimously to adopt a resolution continuing the regime of sanctions, which consists of an arms embargo against all armed groups that are not part of either the Government’s integrated army (known as the FARDC) or police units, through 30 November next year. |
| Activists say UN policy must change in DR Congo | |
BBC News - November 25, 2009 | |
 | Rights activists have urged the UN to change its policy in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo after a leaked report said the rebellion there was worsening. Human Rights Watch called for a greater effort to tackle a global crime network backing the ethnic Hutu rebels. |
| ICC: Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui trial starts on Tuesday | |
ICC - November 23, 2009 | |
 | The trial in the case The Prosecutor v. Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui, which will open on Tuesday, 24 November, 2009, before Trial-Chamber II of the International Criminal Court (ICC), is the second trial in the context of the situation in the Democratic Republic of Congo (DRC), referred to the Court by the Government of the DRC on 3 March, 2004. |
| UN mission in DR Congo denies Ntanganda's role in military operation | |
Xinhua - September 10, 2009 | |
 | The United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo (MONUC) has denied any role of a general being sought by the International Criminal Court (ICC) in the anti-insurgency operation. |
| First Elements of Additional Troops to Reinforce MONUC Arrive in DRC | |
MONUC - August 27, 2009 | |
 | An advanced team of 10 officers and 178 troops from the Bangladeshi army arrived in Bunia, district of Ituri yesterday Wednesday 26 August ahead of a new contingent which will be part of the 3000 additional troops authorized by the Security Council in December 2009 to deploy in DRC. |
| Senior UN peacekeeping official assesses DR Congo's prisons | |
UN News - July 22, 2009 | |
 | A senior United Nations peacekeeping official continued his tour today of the war-ravaged eastern Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC), where he is evaluating the state of the country’s troubled prison system. |
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