Katanga’s conviction, the second in the ICC’s 11-year history, relates to the killing of hundreds of civilians in 2003.<\/p>\n
The International Criminal Court has sentenced Germain Katanga, a rebel commander from the Democratic Republic of Congo, to 12 years in jail for arming an ethnic militia group that carried out a “particularly cruel” 2003 village massacre.<\/p>\n
“The chamber sentences Germain Katanga to 12 years in prison,” presiding Judge Bruno Cotte told the Hague-based court on Friday in its second sentencing since opening in 2003.<\/p>\n
The almost seven years that Katanga has already spend in detention will be deducted from the sentence, he said.<\/p>\n
Katanga was found guilty of having procured the weapons – including guns and machetes – used in the massacre but was cleared of direct involvement. He was found not guilty of rape, sexual slavery and using child soldiers.<\/p>\n
Congolese authorities arrested and surrendered the 36-year-old to the ICC in 2007.<\/p>\n
The court’s first conviction was handed down in 2012, to DR Congo’s Thomas Lubanga for using child soldiers.<\/p>\n
Source: Al Jazeera<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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