Former DRC rebel arrives in The Hague to face war crimes charges

0 Comments | AFP, July, 2008

THE HAGUE (AFP) — Former Congolese rebel leader Jean-Pierre Bemba arrived in the Netherlands on Thursday to face war crimes charges before the International Criminal Court.

Bemba was transferred to The Hague from Brussels where he was arrested on an ICC warrant on May 24.

He faces five counts of war crimes and three of crimes against humanity committed in the Central African Republic.

An ICC statement said Bemba had arrived at the court's detention centre and that he would make his first appearance before the tribunal on Friday.

The former vice president of the Democratic Republic of Congo is accused of a range of crimes allegedly committed by his men between 2002 and 2003, when his forces fought a coup attempt in the Central African Republic at the...

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