Congolese Militia Leader Sent to Stand Trial
From Times Wire Reports
A militia leader accused of conscripting and enlisting children younger than 15 became the first Congolese suspect sent for trial at the International Criminal Court, the court announced.
Thomas Lubanga was at a temporary detention center near The Hague, in the Netherlands. He had been flown from the Democratic Republic of Congo, formerly known as Zaire, aboard a French military plane.
Lubanga is the leader of the Union of Congolese Patriots, an ethnic militia now registered as a political party.
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