Dozens sentenced to death over murders of UN experts in Congo
But victim's sister says probe ignored potential involvement of higher-level officials. . Read more at straitstimes.com.
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But victim's sister says probe ignored potential involvement of higher-level officials. . Read more at straitstimes.com.
About 50 people were sentenced to death in the DRC in connection with the murders of UN experts Zaida Catalan and Michael Sharp in 2017.
Those sentenced to death will serve out life sentences, as Congo has observed a moratorium on the death penalty since 2003.
It is the end of a trial that started in 2017 in DRC. On Saturday, the Kananga military court (central Kasaï) gave its verdict in a trial over the murder of two UN experts.
A court in DR Congo has sentenced 51 to death over the 2017 killing of two UN experts.