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ICC judges order Jean-Pierre Bemba's interim release
[Al Jazeera] The International Criminal Court (ICC) has ordered the interim release "under specific conditions" of Jean-Pierre Bemba, the ex-vice president of the Democratic Republic of the Congo ...formerly the Congo Free State, Belgian Congo, Zaire, and who knows what else, not to be confused with the Brazzaville Congo aka Republic of Congo, which is much smaller and much more (for Africa) stable. DRC gave the world Patrice Lumumba and Joseph Mobutu, followed by years of tedious civil war. Its principle industry seems to be the production of corpses. With a population of about 74 million it has lots of raw material... , following his acquittal last week on war crimes charges. The 55-year-old was acquitted on Friday and his 18-year sentence was overturned, but he remained in jug because he is awaiting a final sentencing in another case in which he was convicted of interfering with witnesses. Judges imposed conditions on Bemba's release, including that he not make public statements on the case or contact witnesses. Bemba's defence lawyers argued at a hearing on Tuesday that he was "not a flight risk" and that "there is no legal or objective justification to separate Mr Bemba from his family for one day longer." Posted by: Fred 2018-06-13 |
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