Kwoyelo will tomorrow Monday September 24th, 2018 appear before a panel of three Judges of the International Crimes Division to answer 93 charges against him that were confirmed at a pretrial stage by Justice Susan Okalany on August, 30th ,2018.
A scheduled confirmation hearing that was scheduled to take place on June 11th, 2018 flopped after Kwoyelos lawyer, Charles Dalton Opwonya informed court that the defense team wasnt ready to proceed in the absence of their colleagues, Caleb Alaka and Evans Ochieng.
Another scheduled confirmation hearing that was due to take place today flopped after lawyer Charles Dalton Opwonya informed the court that the defence team was not ready to proceed in the absence of their colleagues Caleb Alaka and Evans Ochieng. The two lawyers have reportedly missed the last three sessions without any communication.
The pre-trial hearing of criminal case against former top Lords Resistance Army commander Thomas Kwoyelo is postponed to September 21st as two state lawyers are appointed to handle the case.
The ruling follows a plea by local leaders in Northern Uganda and relatives to rebels in the Lord\'s Resistance Army who have been advocating for a traditional justice system instead of modern courts of law in the trial of the arrested LRA commanders.
The Supreme Court has ordered for the trial of former Lord\'s Resistance Army (LRA) rebel commander Thomas Kwoyelo. The Attorney General had appealed to the Supreme Court against a Constitutional Court decision that Kwoyelo had a right to receive amnesty like other former LRA rebels under the Amnesty Act.
The African Commission on Human and People’s Rights has asked for evidence on Thomas Kwoyelo, a former Commander of the Lord’s Resistance Army who has remained in detention despite court pronouncements to set him free.
Thomas Kwoyelo, a former commander of the rebel Lord’s Resistance Army has asked the African Court on Human and People’s Rights to intervene and end his current detention by the Ugandan government despite earlier court rulings ordering his release.
Over three hundred households living in areas of Apaa parish, Pabbo Sub County, Amuru district are on tension over an impending eviction by Uganda Wildlife Authority today.
Free or not? This is the question everyone at the High court in Gulu today was left battling to answer following a ruling by the International Crimes Division of the High Court stopping the trial of former LRA rebel commander, Thomas Kwoyelo.
The constitutional court ruling declaring that Thomas Kwoyelo, the former LRA commander should be set free has received a warm response in areas of Gulu and Amuru districts where he is alleged to have committed war crimes.
