FILE PHOTO: Lord's Resistance Army ex-commander Dominic Ongwen who is accused of participating in the LRA's alleged crimes, sits in the courtroom of the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague, Netherlands February 4, 2021. ICC-CPI/Handout via REUTERS
THE HAGUE (Reuters) - A former Ugandan child soldier who became one of the top commanders of the rebel Lord's Resistance Army told judges at the International Criminal Court on Thursday that he was not responsible for any atrocities and felt powerless to stop them.
In a defiant, sometimes meandering, unsworn statement to the court, Dominic Ongwen cast himself as a victim, saying he could not ask forgiveness for his alleged crimes because he was not responsible for them.
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