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| DR Congo sentences 51 accused of killing UN staff |
| 2022-01-30 |
| Direct Translation via Google Translate. Edited. [REGNUM] A military tribunal in the Democratic Republic of the Congo (DR Congo) has sentenced 51 people to death in connection with the 2017 murder of two UN employees. This was reported on January 29 by Agence France-Presse. In March 2017, two UN experts, US citizen Michael Sharp and Swedish citizen Zaida Catalan, were abducted and killed in the Kasai province of the Democratic Republic of the Congo . According to the official version, they were killed by local rebels. There were 54 defendants in the case of the kidnapping and murder of UN employees. Of these, two were acquitted, one was sentenced to ten years in prison. The rest of the defendants were sentenced to death. Since the DR Congo has had a moratorium on the death penalty since 2003, all those sentenced to it will serve life imprisonment. Related: Democratic Republic of the Congo: 2022-01-29 Today’s Top Religious Persecutors: Open Doors Unveils Latest World Watch List Democratic Republic of the Congo: 2021-12-26 Congo: Suicide bomber kills several people in attack on bar in Beni city Democratic Republic of the Congo: 2021-12-03 Hundreds of Ugandan troops cross into Congo as offensive widens |
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