{"id":85333,"date":"2024-10-26T17:38:36","date_gmt":"2024-10-26T17:38:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victims-of-ugandas-lords-resistance-army-disappointed-in-sentence"},"modified":"2024-10-26T18:10:49","modified_gmt":"2024-10-26T18:10:49","slug":"victims-of-ugandas-lords-resistance-army-disappointed-in-sentence","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victims-of-ugandas-lords-resistance-army-disappointed-in-sentence","title":{"rendered":"Victims of Uganda\u2019S Lord\u2019S Resistance Army Disappointed in Sentence"},"content":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. <\/strong><\/span>Victims of Uganda\u2019s notorious Lord\u2019s Resistance Army (LRA) said on Friday that they were disappointed in the sentence handed by judges to a former commander.<\/b><\/p>\n

Thomas Kwoyelo was given 40 years in prison for war crimes including murder, rape, enslavement, pillaging, torture, and kidnapping.<\/p>\n

He will, however, have to spend only 25 more behind bars as he has already been in custody for 15 years.<\/p>\n

Victim Grace Apio said the sentence seemed very lenient for those who suffered terrible atrocities at the hands of the LRA rebels.<\/p>\n

“We feel very bad, our properties that were destroyed, the children we produced in captivity. We\u2019re really suffering,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Apio added that the court ruling will send the wrong message to other people who want to start war in Uganda.<\/p>\n

\u201cYou can commit these atrocities and end up with a light sentence and then you come back to society and start your life again,\u201d she said.<\/p>\n

Kwoyelo was spared a death sentence because he was abducted by the rebel group as a child and has expressed remorse.<\/p>\n

The LRA was founded in the late 1980s with the aim of overthrowing the government and creating a state based on leader Joseph Kony’s interpretation of the Ten Commandments.<\/p>\n

It battled the government from bases in the north of the country for nearly two decades.<\/p>\n

The insurgents were notorious for their brutality, which included hacking off victims limbs and lips, and kidnapping children for use as fighters and sex slaves.<\/p>\n

Kwoyelo has denied the charges against him.<\/p>\n

He testified in court that only Kony could answer for LRA crimes, and said everyone in the rebel group faced death for disobeying the warlord.<\/p>\n

His lawyer, Evans Ochieng, said he told the court that they were not happy with decision in terms of the conviction and the sentence.<\/p>\n

\u201cAfter consultation with the client, he has instructed us to appeal and we are formally going to appeal,\u201d he said.<\/p>\n

\u201cWe don\u2019t want to say here on camera that we feel the sentences are illegal but we shall be arguing in the court of appeal.\u201d<\/p>\n

Human Rights Watch describes the landmark trial as \u201ca rare opportunity for justice\u201d for victims of the two-decades-long war between Ugandan troops and the LRA.<\/p>\n

When military pressure forced the LRA out of Uganda in 2005, the rebels scattered across parts of central Africa.<\/p>\n

The group has faded in recent years, and reports of LRA attacks are rare. Kony remains at large and was indicted by the International Criminal Court in 2005.<\/p>\n

For More News And Analysis About Uganda Follow Africa-Press<\/strong><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

Africa-Press – Uganda. Victims of Uganda\u2019s notorious Lord\u2019s Resistance Army (LRA) said on Friday that they were disappointed in the sentence handed by judges to a former commander. Thomas Kwoyelo was given 40 years in prison for war crimes including murder, rape, enslavement, pillaging, torture, and kidnapping. He will, however, have to spend only 25 […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":84,"featured_media":85332,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[2,12],"tags":[1741,1882,1764,234,1881],"class_list":["post-85333","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-all-news","category-policy","tag-court","tag-insurgency","tag-rebels","tag-uganda","tag-war-crimes"],"yoast_head":"\nVictims of Uganda\u2019S Lord\u2019S Resistance Army Disappointed in Sentence - Uganda<\/title>\n<meta name=\"description\" content=\"Victims of Uganda\u2019s notorious Lord\u2019s Resistance Army (LRA) said on Friday that they were disappointed in the sentence ...\" \/>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victims-of-ugandas-lords-resistance-army-disappointed-in-sentence\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_US\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Victims of Uganda\u2019S Lord\u2019S Resistance Army Disappointed in Sentence\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Victims of Uganda\u2019s notorious Lord\u2019s Resistance Army (LRA) said on Friday that they were disappointed in the sentence ...\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:url\" content=\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victims-of-ugandas-lords-resistance-army-disappointed-in-sentence\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:site_name\" content=\"Uganda\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:publisher\" content=\"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:published_time\" content=\"2024-10-26T17:38:36+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"article:modified_time\" content=\"2024-10-26T18:10:49+00:00\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:image\" content=\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/10\/sm_1729953623.599344.jpg\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:width\" content=\"1024\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:height\" content=\"538\" \/>\n\t<meta property=\"og:image:type\" content=\"image\/jpeg\" \/>\n<meta name=\"author\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:card\" content=\"summary_large_image\" \/>\n<meta name=\"twitter:label1\" content=\"Written by\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data1\" content=\"cfeditoren\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:label2\" content=\"Est. reading time\" \/>\n\t<meta name=\"twitter:data2\" content=\"3 minutes\" \/>\n<script type=\"application\/ld+json\" class=\"yoast-schema-graph\">{\"@context\":\"https:\/\/schema.org\",\"@graph\":[{\"@type\":\"Article\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victims-of-ugandas-lords-resistance-army-disappointed-in-sentence#article\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victims-of-ugandas-lords-resistance-army-disappointed-in-sentence\"},\"author\":{\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"headline\":\"Victims of Uganda\u2019S Lord\u2019S Resistance Army Disappointed in Sentence\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-26T17:38:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-10-26T18:10:49+00:00\",\"mainEntityOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victims-of-ugandas-lords-resistance-army-disappointed-in-sentence\"},\"wordCount\":441,\"commentCount\":0,\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victims-of-ugandas-lords-resistance-army-disappointed-in-sentence#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/10\/sm_1729953623.599344.jpg\",\"keywords\":[\"Court\",\"insurgency\",\"Rebels\",\"uganda\",\"War crimes\"],\"articleSection\":[\"all news\",\"policy\"],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"CommentAction\",\"name\":\"Comment\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victims-of-ugandas-lords-resistance-army-disappointed-in-sentence#respond\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"WebPage\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victims-of-ugandas-lords-resistance-army-disappointed-in-sentence\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victims-of-ugandas-lords-resistance-army-disappointed-in-sentence\",\"name\":\"Victims of Uganda\u2019S Lord\u2019S Resistance Army Disappointed in Sentence - Uganda\",\"isPartOf\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website\"},\"primaryImageOfPage\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victims-of-ugandas-lords-resistance-army-disappointed-in-sentence#primaryimage\"},\"image\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victims-of-ugandas-lords-resistance-army-disappointed-in-sentence#primaryimage\"},\"thumbnailUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/10\/sm_1729953623.599344.jpg\",\"datePublished\":\"2024-10-26T17:38:36+00:00\",\"dateModified\":\"2024-10-26T18:10:49+00:00\",\"author\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\"},\"description\":\"Victims of Uganda\u2019s notorious Lord\u2019s Resistance Army (LRA) said on Friday that they were disappointed in the sentence ...\",\"breadcrumb\":{\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victims-of-ugandas-lords-resistance-army-disappointed-in-sentence#breadcrumb\"},\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"ReadAction\",\"target\":[\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victims-of-ugandas-lords-resistance-army-disappointed-in-sentence\"]}]},{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victims-of-ugandas-lords-resistance-army-disappointed-in-sentence#primaryimage\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/10\/sm_1729953623.599344.jpg\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/10\/sm_1729953623.599344.jpg\",\"width\":1024,\"height\":538,\"caption\":\"Victims of Uganda\u2019S Lord\u2019S Resistance Army Disappointed in Sentence\"},{\"@type\":\"BreadcrumbList\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victims-of-ugandas-lords-resistance-army-disappointed-in-sentence#breadcrumb\",\"itemListElement\":[{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":1,\"name\":\"Home\",\"item\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/\"},{\"@type\":\"ListItem\",\"position\":2,\"name\":\"Victims of Uganda\u2019S Lord\u2019S Resistance Army Disappointed in Sentence\"}]},{\"@type\":\"WebSite\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/\",\"name\":\"Uganda\",\"description\":\"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site\",\"potentialAction\":[{\"@type\":\"SearchAction\",\"target\":{\"@type\":\"EntryPoint\",\"urlTemplate\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?s={search_term_string}\"},\"query-input\":{\"@type\":\"PropertyValueSpecification\",\"valueRequired\":true,\"valueName\":\"search_term_string\"}}],\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\"},{\"@type\":\"Person\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb\",\"name\":\"cfeditoren\",\"image\":{\"@type\":\"ImageObject\",\"inLanguage\":\"en-US\",\"@id\":\"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/\",\"url\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"contentUrl\":\"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g\",\"caption\":\"cfeditoren\"}}]}<\/script>\n<!-- \/ Yoast SEO Premium plugin. -->","yoast_head_json":{"title":"Victims of Uganda\u2019S Lord\u2019S Resistance Army Disappointed in Sentence - Uganda","description":"Victims of Uganda\u2019s notorious Lord\u2019s Resistance Army (LRA) said on Friday that they were disappointed in the sentence ...","robots":{"index":"index","follow":"follow","max-snippet":"max-snippet:-1","max-image-preview":"max-image-preview:large","max-video-preview":"max-video-preview:-1"},"canonical":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victims-of-ugandas-lords-resistance-army-disappointed-in-sentence","og_locale":"en_US","og_type":"article","og_title":"Victims of Uganda\u2019S Lord\u2019S Resistance Army Disappointed in Sentence","og_description":"Victims of Uganda\u2019s notorious Lord\u2019s Resistance Army (LRA) said on Friday that they were disappointed in the sentence ...","og_url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victims-of-ugandas-lords-resistance-army-disappointed-in-sentence","og_site_name":"Uganda","article_publisher":"https:\/\/www.facebook.com\/AfricaPressTunisiaa","article_published_time":"2024-10-26T17:38:36+00:00","article_modified_time":"2024-10-26T18:10:49+00:00","og_image":[{"width":1024,"height":538,"url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/10\/sm_1729953623.599344.jpg","type":"image\/jpeg"}],"author":"cfeditoren","twitter_card":"summary_large_image","twitter_misc":{"Written by":"cfeditoren","Est. reading time":"3 minutes"},"schema":{"@context":"https:\/\/schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Article","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victims-of-ugandas-lords-resistance-army-disappointed-in-sentence#article","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victims-of-ugandas-lords-resistance-army-disappointed-in-sentence"},"author":{"name":"cfeditoren","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"headline":"Victims of Uganda\u2019S Lord\u2019S Resistance Army Disappointed in Sentence","datePublished":"2024-10-26T17:38:36+00:00","dateModified":"2024-10-26T18:10:49+00:00","mainEntityOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victims-of-ugandas-lords-resistance-army-disappointed-in-sentence"},"wordCount":441,"commentCount":0,"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victims-of-ugandas-lords-resistance-army-disappointed-in-sentence#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/10\/sm_1729953623.599344.jpg","keywords":["Court","insurgency","Rebels","uganda","War crimes"],"articleSection":["all news","policy"],"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"CommentAction","name":"Comment","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victims-of-ugandas-lords-resistance-army-disappointed-in-sentence#respond"]}]},{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victims-of-ugandas-lords-resistance-army-disappointed-in-sentence","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victims-of-ugandas-lords-resistance-army-disappointed-in-sentence","name":"Victims of Uganda\u2019S Lord\u2019S Resistance Army Disappointed in Sentence - Uganda","isPartOf":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website"},"primaryImageOfPage":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victims-of-ugandas-lords-resistance-army-disappointed-in-sentence#primaryimage"},"image":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victims-of-ugandas-lords-resistance-army-disappointed-in-sentence#primaryimage"},"thumbnailUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/10\/sm_1729953623.599344.jpg","datePublished":"2024-10-26T17:38:36+00:00","dateModified":"2024-10-26T18:10:49+00:00","author":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb"},"description":"Victims of Uganda\u2019s notorious Lord\u2019s Resistance Army (LRA) said on Friday that they were disappointed in the sentence ...","breadcrumb":{"@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victims-of-ugandas-lords-resistance-army-disappointed-in-sentence#breadcrumb"},"inLanguage":"en-US","potentialAction":[{"@type":"ReadAction","target":["https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victims-of-ugandas-lords-resistance-army-disappointed-in-sentence"]}]},{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victims-of-ugandas-lords-resistance-army-disappointed-in-sentence#primaryimage","url":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/10\/sm_1729953623.599344.jpg","contentUrl":"https:\/\/static.africa-press.net\/uganda\/sites\/34\/2024\/10\/sm_1729953623.599344.jpg","width":1024,"height":538,"caption":"Victims of Uganda\u2019S Lord\u2019S Resistance Army Disappointed in Sentence"},{"@type":"BreadcrumbList","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/all-news\/victims-of-ugandas-lords-resistance-army-disappointed-in-sentence#breadcrumb","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"name":"Home","item":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/"},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"name":"Victims of Uganda\u2019S Lord\u2019S Resistance Army Disappointed in Sentence"}]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#website","url":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/","name":"Uganda","description":"Just another Africa News Agency Sites site","potentialAction":[{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/?s={search_term_string}"},"query-input":{"@type":"PropertyValueSpecification","valueRequired":true,"valueName":"search_term_string"}}],"inLanguage":"en-US"},{"@type":"Person","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/068c7ab4e9634ae78ec5d54ec46598bb","name":"cfeditoren","image":{"@type":"ImageObject","inLanguage":"en-US","@id":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/#\/schema\/person\/image\/","url":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","contentUrl":"https:\/\/secure.gravatar.com\/avatar\/7417380fa9e23b5c57fdbfdaf3fdf92ee478f759a084addda5faa3732853e74a?s=96&d=mm&r=g","caption":"cfeditoren"}}]}},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85333","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/84"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=85333"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/85333\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/85332"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=85333"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=85333"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.africa-press.net\/uganda\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=85333"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}