Congo Lawmaker Gets Death Sentence Over Treason Charges - New Delhi Times - India's Only International Newspaper - Empowering Global Vision, Empathizing with India
A Congolese military court sentenced a lawmaker to death Friday for treason and involvement with the M23 rebel movement, a verdict his lawyer denounced as based on "ethnic hatred." The death penalty is often handed down in the Democratic Republic of Congo but has not been applied for 20 years and is systematically commuted to…
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