Back جيرماين كاتانجا ARZ Жэрмен Катанга Byelorussian Germain Katanga German Germain Katanga Spanish Germain Katanga French Germain Katanga Italian Germain Katanga Malay Germain Katanga Portuguese Катанга, Жермен Russian แฌร์แม็ง กาต็องกา Thai
Germain Katanga | |
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| Born | 28 April 1978 |
| Nationality |  D.R. Congo |
| Other names | Simba |
| Known for | Indicted by the International Criminal Court for war crimes and crimes against humanity |
Germain Katanga (French pronunciation: [ʒɛʁmɛ̃ katɑ̃ɡa]; born 28 April 1978), also known by his nom de guerre Simba (pronounced [sɛ̃ba]), is a Congolese former rebel leader and the former head of the Patriotic Resistance Force in Ituri (FRPI), an armed group in the Ituri Province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DRC).[1][2] On 17 October 2007, the Congolese authorities surrendered him to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to stand trial on six counts of war crimes and three counts of crimes against humanity.[1][3] The charges include murder, sexual slavery, rape, destruction of property, pillaging, willful killing, and directing crimes against civilians.[4]
On 7 March 2014, Katanga was convicted by the ICC on five counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity as an accessory to the February 2003 massacre in the village of Bogoro.[5] The verdict was the second-ever conviction in the 12 years of operation of the ICC, following the 2012 conviction of Thomas Lubanga Dyilo.[6] Katanga transferred from imprisonment in the Netherlands to imprisonment in Congo in December 2015 to complete his sentence. His ICC sentence was reduced, with the completion date set to 18 January 2016. Following the completion of his ICC sentence, he remained in prison under war crimes charges under the Congolese legal system.[7][8]
- ^ a b International Criminal Court (2 July 2007). "Warrant of arrest for Germain Katanga" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF 202 KB) on 15 January 2013. Retrieved 10 March 2014.
- ^ International Criminal Court (19 October 2007). Statement by Fatou Bensouda, Deputy Prosecutor, during the press conference regarding the arrest of Germain Katanga Archived 2007-10-28 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 21 October 2007.
- ^ International Criminal Court (18 October 2007). Second arrest: Germain Katanga transferred into the custody of the ICC Archived 2007-06-23 at the Wayback Machine. Retrieved on 21 October 2007.
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- ^ Germain Katanga: Guilty of war crimes, the brutal warlord who terrorized the Democratic Republic of Congo, The Independent, 7 March 2014. Accessed 8 March 2014
- ^ Katanga found guilty over war crimes, Irish Times, 8 March 2014. Accessed 8 March 2014
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