Jean-Pierre Bemba, a former presidential candidate and militia leader from the Democratic Republic of Congo, was indicted by the ICC for war crimes and crimes against humanity allegedly committed in the Central African Republic, between Oct. 2002 and March 2003. In 2002, Mr. Bemba was asked by CAR president Ange-Felix Patasse to suppress a coup attempt against Patasse. (The coup attempt succeeded, and the new government referred the Bemba case to the ICC). Bemba’s alleged crimes include murder, rape, torture, pillaging, and outrages against personal dignity, as well as crimes against humanity. Bemba is in ICC custody, and his trial, which began in Nov. 2010, is ongoing.
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