A Congolese court charged 34 people on Friday with genocide and crimes against humanity for their role ethnic violence between the Luba and Twa communities over the past two years.
The landmark case, which involves the bringing of charges by a Congolese civilian court, follows a law passed in 2013 which allowed for civilian courts to hear crimes such as genocide.
"These are crimes that can have severe penalties, up to 30 years for example," the prosecutor-general of Katanga province, Caiphe Useni, was quoted by Reuters as saying.
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The landmark case, which involves the bringing of charges by a Congolese civilian court, follows a law passed in 2013 which allowed for civilian courts to hear crimes such as genocide.
"These are crimes that can have severe penalties, up to 30 years for example," the prosecutor-general of Katanga province, Caiphe Useni, was quoted by Reuters as saying.
See here and here for more.