Kampala, Uganda | THE INDEPENDENT | High Court is set to hear the bail application of former Commander of the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army, Thomas Kwoyelo on Tuesday. Kwoyelo is seeking his release on bail after spending more than seven years on remand since he was rearrested few minutes after …
Read More »Court reads 93 charges to LRA’s Thomas Kwoyelo
The International Crimes Division Court on Tuesday started reading to former LRA commander Thomas Kwoyelo the 93 charges he is expected to be tried for. The acts were committed between 1993 and 2005 during the political insurgency in Northern Uganda. Kwoyelo is appearing before Justice Susan Okalany who has informed …
Read More »Former LRA commander Kwoyelo’s pretrial set for tomorrow
The International Crimes Division Court has adjourned to tomorrow afternoon a pre-trial hearing session in which the Director of Public Prosecutions (DPP) will disclose his evidence against the former LRA commandant Thomas Kwoyelo. This after presiding judge Susan Okalany allowed the defence team led by Dalton Opwonya ample time to …
Read More »The Kwoyelo trial: A pre-emptive attack on truth?
By Haggai Matsiko Experts divided over the value in trying former LRA commanders locally Hours before the ground-breaking trial of Thomas Kyoyelo started in Gulu on July 11, hundreds had gathered outside the newly established International Crimes Division of the Uganda High Court. They could not find space in the …
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