In a filling submitted on April 3 this year to the ICC Pre-Trail Chamber III that contains new materials never before presented in court, the defence argued that the proceeding without Kony’s physical presence will have a detrimental impact on ongoing repatriation and reconciliation efforts in Uganda.
According to the defence lawyers, the Pre-Trial Chamber denied the request, relying on the financial burden to the Court, and “inherent challenges and potential dangers” by transferring parts of the Court’s operation to the field.
Michael Otim, the Prime Minister of the Acholi Cultural Institution told Uganda Radio Network in an interview Thursday that the meeting was aimed at getting the institution’s perspective on how the community views the reopening of Kony’s case.
Speaking to Uganda Radio Network in an exclusive interview Wednesday in Gulu City, Ali revealed that his father had become a threat to his life and her mother prompting his escape.
The ICC issued the arrest warrant against Kony, the founder of the LRA in 2005 for 33 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity. The allegations against him include murder, cruel treatment, enslavement, rape, and attacks against civilian population.
Lawala told URN in a WhatsApp interview on Monday that she was admitted in the Intensive Care Unit (ICU) but was stable. She also disclosed that her son, Oscar Acellam is battling the same disease he contracted last week.
The children numbering 40, reportedly aged between 14 to 23 who were kidnapped and held in captivity by the LRA. It is widely cited that Kony has anywhere between 50 and 100 wives, all of whom have been abducted and forced into a life of sexual slavery by the LRA leader and his top commanders.
