Tuesday, May 1, 2012

The Case Of The British Pilot Imprisoned After Discovering A Suspected LRA Massacre Site


British Pilot Imprisoned After Discovering Suspected LRA Massacre -- The Telegraph

A British pilot working for a big game hunter in the Central African Republic has been imprisoned for a month without charge after he discovered the site of a suspected Lord's Resistance Army massacre.

Investigators in the capital, Bangui, arrested David Simpson, 24, after six hours of interrogation during which they said they held him responsible for the deaths of 18 villagers in the remote south-east of the country.

"It's absolutely ridiculous, there is not a shred of evidence beyond hearsay, but still they've held me illegally, without charge, for more than a month," Mr Simpson told The Daily Telegraph on a mobile phone smuggled into his prison cell.

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My Comment: I suspect that such crimes are actually more common than what is being reported in the hot spots of Africa.

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