Kwoyelo denied all the 93 counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity brought against him by the state. He was formally charged under the penal code act and the international customary law of the domesticated Geneva Convention.
The confusion surrounding Kwoyelo’s freedom status begun last Friday when after a court ruling ceasing his prosecution, he was instead handcuffed and whisked away in a prisons car to Luzira prison where he has remained on remand despite the ruling.
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.
Hearing of the case against Thomas Kwoyelo, the former LRA director of operation failed to take off today before the International Crimes Division Court in Gulu leaving several people who packed the courtroom to listen to the proceedings stranded.
The International Criminal Court has applauded Uganda for setting up the International Crimes Division to try suspects of war crimes and crimes against humanity.
