Bemba ICC case: Judges due to deliver appeal verdict
Judges from the International Criminal Court are due to give their verdict on Jean-Pierre Bemba’s appeal against his conviction for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
The Congolese businessman became vice president of the Democratic Republic of Congo in 2003.
But the year before, when he was a rebel leader, Bemba is accused of failing to stop his private army – known as the MLC – from waging a campaign of rape, murder and pillage against civilians in neighbouring Central African Republic.
The former Congolese rebel leader was given 18 years in jail in what was hailed as a landmark ruling.
Al Jazeera’s Mereana Hond reports.
Published On 8 Jun 2018