Congo’s Bemba Pleads Not Guilty at ICC to War Crimes
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Democratic Republic of Congo politician Jean-Pierre Bemba pleaded not guilty to five counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity today at the International Criminal Court in The Hague.
Bemba rejects all the charges against him, his lawyer Nkwebe Liriss said in the court, according to footage shown on the ICC’s website today. The court process is unfair and Bemba should be released while the trial is proceeding, he told reporters at the Hague in footage shown at the ICC’s office in Kinshasa, Congo’s capital, before court proceedings started.