ICC: Any revelation of witness identity will be investigated, prosecuted

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[COLOR=#111111 !important]The following is a cross-posted press release from The ICC[/COLOR]​

Press Release : 18/09/2013

Ruto and Sang Case: ICC Trial Chamber V(a) states that interfering with witnesses is an offence against the administration of justice and may be prosecuted (video included) ICC-CPI-20130918-PR941

Situation: Situation in the Republic of Kenya
Case: The Prosecutor v. William Samoei Ruto and Joshua Arap Sang

Today, 18 September 2013, Trial Chamber V(a) of the International Criminal Court (ICC), seized with the case The ​

Prosecutor v. William Samoei Ruto and Joshua Arap Sang, issued a special reminder on the importance of witness protection and of possible sanctions for an act or attempted act that is considered an offence against the administration of justice.

Speaking at the beginning of this afternoon’s hearing, Presiding Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji stated that “it is an offence against the administration of justice in this Court, pursuant to Article 70 of the Rome Statute, for anyone to do anything intentionally that would amount to corruptly influencing a witness, obstructing or interfering with the attendance or testimony of a witness, or retaliating against a witness for giving testimony in a case before the Court”. Article 70 provides that, for such conduct, the Court may impose a term of imprisonment not exceeding five years or a fine.

Judge Eboe-Osuji added that such conduct “may also amount to contempt of Court” and stressed that “any revelation of the identity of a witness whose identity has been protected by this Court amounts to an offence in [the ICC]. So too will any attempt to engage in any such revelation”. The Chamber called on everyone inside and outside the Courtroom, as well as members of the press, bloggers, social media members or participants and their websites or other online presence “to desist from doing anything that would reveal or attempt to reveal the identity of protected witnesses or to engage in secondary dissemination of such wrongful and illegal information”. The Presiding Judge concluded the special reminder by stating that “such conduct will be investigated and the culprits will be prosecuted”.

YouTube (for viewing):
Ruto and Sang case: Judge Chile Eboe-Osuji, witness protection - special reminder, 18.09.2013 - YouTube

AUDIO (for download):
http://www.fileserver.icc-cpi.info/audio/130918_kenya_1_Judge_Chile_Eboe-Osuji_special_reminder.mp3 (2.1 MB)

VIDEO (for download):
http://www.fileserver.icc-cpi.info/video/130918_kenya_1_Judge_Chile_Eboe-Osuji_special_reminder.mp4 (43.5 MB)

For further information, please contact Fadi El Abdallah, Spokesperson and Head of Public Affairs Unit, International Criminal Court, by telephone at: +31 (0)70 515-9152 or +31 (0)6 46448938 or by e-mail at: fadi.el-abdallah@icc-cpi.int.

You can also follow the Court’s activities on YouTube and Twitter​

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Source: ICC: Any revelation of witness identity-will be investigated, prosecuted - wavuti.com

 

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FUGITIVE UGANDAN MAN BEHIND ICC INTIMIDATION AND MASS WITHDRAWALS

A wanted Ugandan living in Kenya has been identified as the man behind the withdrawal of ICC witnesses against three Kenyans charged with crimes against humanity, we can reveal today. Dr David Nyekorach Matsanga has been described by those who have worked with him as a man who changes with the tide.


The 55 year old with a towering gait was born in Bududa, Eastern Uganda and fled from Uganda in 1986 after President Yoweri Museveni came to power.


He first came to Kenya as a fugitive in the 1980s. He was later smuggled to London by a company operating in Kenya which gave him a letter indicating he was to undergo training in the United Kingdom.

He was able to find work in London. He later became a broker in the negotiations between UN and the Lord Resistance Army (LRA) and ICC fugitive Joseph Kony. For the 12 years he was the spokesperson for Kony, he became a diehard LRA apologist and a rabid critic of the Museveni led NRM government.

"He is said to be working with two judges in the Kenyan cases and a number of paralegals at the ICC who give him information on witnesses".
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The then PNU establishment in Kenya incorporated him under former President Mwai Kibaki in shadowy deals. In the wake of ICC, having witnessed what he had done in Northern Uganda and Harare, Jubilee jumped on to him for their dirty work of buying or intimidating witnesses. He is said to be working with two judges in the Kenyan cases and a number of paralegals at the ICC who give him information on witnesses.

To get to The Hague where he is a regular visitor, Matsanga flies to Zimbabwe. From Harare he flies to South Africa, then to London. From London he takes a continental flight to The Netherlands where he does the suspects bidding.
Back in Nairobi he used to stay in a flat owned by a senior intelligence officer but has since moved out to the Parklands area. The self proclaimed International expert on conflict resolution a few years back lured the international community not once but three times on Kony's willingness to sign a peace pact where he had no express authority to speak on behalf of the rebel leader.

According to the Sudan Tribune, during the Uganda Government and LRA peace talks in Juba, he was arrested at the Juba Airport with a letter from Uganda President Yoweri Kaguta Museveni and $ 20,000 in cash. The money was his pay from the international community for his "work" as LRA team leader at the negotiations. The letter showed that Matsanga had been used by Museveni.
Before joining the LRA talks, he was a Public Relations consultant to Zimbabwe President Robert Mugabe. Matsanga, however, fell out with Mugabe after he was allegedly tortured by security agents in Harare.

REVEALED: FUGITIVE UGANDA man behind ICC witnesses intimidation and mass withdrawals

 

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