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Victims of Congolese warlord Germain Katanga to get $250 ‘symbolic compensation’
2:25 CAT | 24 Mar 2017
Africa News (File photo) / Germain Katanga
The International Criminal Court has awarded the 297 victims of warlord Germain Katanga $250 (£200) each in what it calls “symbolic compensation”.
This is the court’s first ruling on compensation for victims of someone it has found guilty ( see earlier entry ).
According to a tweet from the court the victims will also get housing and other support, but as Katanga has no money the ICC is relying on a fund set up by its member states.
Germain Katanga was sentenced in May 2014 to 12 years in prison for crime against humanity and four war crimes for attacking the village of Bogoro in the Democratic Republic of Congo in February 2003.
The judges decided in November 2015 to review the case and reduced the sentence to three years and eight months.
Source: BBC / Africa News
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