Tuesday, January 20, 2015

LRA's Ongwen travels to The Hague to face war crimes charges

Dominic Ongwen - the Ugandan rebel commander of the Lord's Resistance Army is due to arrive at the International Criminal Court in The Hague to face war crimes charges.

Mr. Ongwen was brought into US custody in the Central African Republic ending a joint American and African search for the rebel leader which began in 2011.

His position in the LRA is believed to have been second in command to Joseph Kony, who remains on the run but is a "most-wanted" figure for crimes perpetrated by the group over two decades.

Elizabeth Eveson, [PRON: "eevh-sun"] an international justice expert at Human Rights Watch explains the procedure ahead for Mr. Ongwen when he arrives in the Netherlands Wednesday morning local time: 

IN: "Well once..."

OUT: "…trial."

DUR: 38 seconds

CLIP: http://www.fsnradionews.com/feeds/0120ongwen-eveson.mp3