THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The International Criminal Court has convicted a former commander in a notorious Ugandan rebel group of dozens of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Dominic Ongwen was abducted by the Lord’s Resistance Army as a 9-year-old boy, transformed into a child soldier and later promoted to a senior leadership rank in the shadowy militia. He faces a maximum punishment of life imprisonment after being convicted on Thursday of 61 offenses, ranging from multiple murders to forced marriages. Defense lawyers had argued that Ongwen was also a victim of the rebel group. The judgment against him outlined the horrors of the LRA’s attacks on camps for displaced civilians in northern Uganda in the early 2000s.
ICC convicts Ugandan rebel commander of war crimes
