Ntaganda: ICC Sentences Congo’s ‘Terminator’ To 30 Years In Prison
Former Congolese warlord, Bosco Ntaganda, has been sentenced to 30 years in prison by the International Criminal Court (ICC) on Thursday.
Ntaganda had been found guilty on 18 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity in July.
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Popularly known as “Terminator”, Ntaganda had faced life imprisonment for widespread attacks on civilians and recruitment of child soldiers.
The court found that Ntaganda committed the crimes preferred against him when he headed the Patriotic Forces for the Liberation of Congo (FPLC) which is the military wing of the Union of Congolese Patriots political group between 2002 and 2003.
ICC’s presiding judge, Robert Fremr, said Ntaganda was responsible for exual slavery of children, murder and rape, among others.
Ntaganda surrendered to the U.S. embassy in the Rwandan capital Kigali in 2013, after eluding capture for seven years.
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He pleaded not guilty during the trial and argued that he was a revolutionary and not a criminal.
