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ICC upholds 25-year war crimes sentence for LRA commander Ongwen

ICC appeals judges have rejected the appeal by former LRA commander Dominic Ongwen, convicted in 2020 of war crimes and crimes against humanity. © ICC-CPI

International Criminal Court appeals judges have rejected the appeal by a former commander in the Ugandan rebel Lord's Resistance Army of his conviction on dozens of charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

In a landmark judgment nearly two years ago, Dominic Ongwen was convicted of 61 offenses that included murders, rapes, forced marriages and recruiting child soldiers from 2002 to 2005.

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