ICC opens In absentia hearing against fugitive Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony

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ICC opens In absentia hearing against fugitive Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony  Kony is being represented in absentia by a defense lawyer. Judges are expected to rule on the charges in the coming months, but a trial cannot begin unless Kony is taken into custody  READ MORE : http://www.africanews.com/2025/09/09/icc-opens-in-absentia-hearing-against-fugitive-ugandan-warlord-joseph-kony  Subscribe on our Dailymotion channel and receive all the latest news from the continent.    Africanews is available in English and French.  Website : www.africanews.com  Facebook : https://www.facebook.com/africanews.channel/  Twitter : https://twitter.com/africanews

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00:00Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court on Tuesday began presenting evidence

00:05against fugitive Ugandan rebel leader Joseph Coney in the tribunal's first ever in absential

00:11hearing.

00:12Coney, who remains at large, faces 39 counts of war crimes.

00:16When looking holistically at the evidence, there can't be any doubt.

00:24Mr. Coyne commanded the LRA, he and his co-perpetrators used the apparatus of power that was the LRA

00:35to control their fighters, subjugating them to their will.

00:43And he exercised control by virtue of his own essential contributions, not only to the common

00:51plan, its implementation, but to the crimes.

00:56Coyne acted with intent and knowledge, which you can see from his own statements, some of

01:02which we have presented here today.

01:07But overall, his conduct is also of such a nature that it could only have been undertaken intentionally.

01:15During the hearing, prosecutors presented graphic video evidence, including a video clip showing

01:21the body of the victim pulled from the rubble of the burnt-out building.

01:26They argued that Coney orchestrated such atrocities through orders issued directly to his commanders.

01:32Coney is being represented in absential by a defense lawyer.

01:37Judges are expected to rule on the charges in the coming months, but trial cannot begin

01:42unless Coney is taken into custody.

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