Lira — The International Criminal Court Prosecutor's visit to Uganda has prompted fresh calls for the tribunal to investigate atrocities allegedly committed by government forces fighting the Lord's Resistance Army insurgency in the north of the country.
Fatou Bensouda is in Uganda to urge victims of crimes allegedly committed by top LRA commander Dominic Ongwen, who is in ICC custody following his surrender earlier this year, to participate in his trial.
"The atrocities in northern Uganda were committed by both the government troops and LRA rebels. We need fresh investigations and prosecution of both actors," Hellen Akello, a survivor of a 2004 LRA massacre of 300 people in Barlonyo, Lira District, told Bensouda during a community meeting.
"We hope your team will carry out fresh investigation and [gather] evidence on the atrocities committed by the LRA and UPDF [Uganda People's Defense Forces]" she said. Read more
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