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| |  | | Yves Mandro Kahwa Panga | | | context : | DRC  | | judgement place : | Democratic Republic of the Congo | | status : | Acquitted | | particulars : | Sentenced to 20 years imprisonment for crimes against humanity; acquitted by the Court of Appeals on 15 February 2008 | | position : | President of PUSIC (Party for the Unity and Safeguarding of the Integrity of Congo) |
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| | | | Mandro Kahwa Panga was arrested on 9 April 2005 in Bunia by the Congolese judicial authorities with the help of the UN peacekeeping forces (MONUC - the United Nations Mission in the Democratic Republic of Congo).
He was accused of murder, arson and misappropriation of public funds. His arrest followed that of several other leaders of Ituri militias, including Thomas Lubanga and Floribert Njdabu Ngabu.
On 14 October 2005, Mandro Kahwa Panga was given a first time sentence of five years in prison by the Bunia County Court for the arbitrary arrest of Ntumba Luaba, who was then the DRC Minister for Human Rights.
Two new legal proceedings were then brought against Mandro Kahwa Panga in October 2005.
On 19 January 2006, the Bunia County Court sentenced Mandro Kahwa Panga to life imprisonment for, inter alia, murder and wanton destruction of property. His lawyer appealed this decision.
Finally on 1st August 2006 (after a trial which began on 19 June 2006), an Ituri District Military Court sentenced Mandro Kahwa Panga to 20 years in prison for crimes against humanity. He was also ordered to compensate fourteen of his victims an amount between $2’500 and $75’000 to cover damages and interest.
Mandro Kahwa Panga appealed this decision before the Kisangani Military Court.
On 15 February 2008, the Court of Appeal in Kisangani acquitted Yves Panga Mandro Kahwa. It based its decision on the grounds that all the offences are covered by the law on amnesty as acts of war and political offences.
The attorney general of Kisangani has announced he intends to lodge an appeal against the ruling. He has to do so within 10 days from the date it was made. | |    | |  |  | | nationality : | | | Congo, the democratic republic of the | | | date of birth : | | | 20.08.1973 | | | also known as : | | | Kawa Panga, Kawa Panga Mandro, Kawa Mandro, Yves Andoul Karim, chief Kahwa, Kawa | | | last time seen : | | | DRC | | | judgement period : | | | 10.2005 - 19.01.2006 | | | charges : | | | Crimes against humanity | | | profile last modified : | | | 23.02.2008 |
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