Angelina Jolie visits criminal court
Tuesday 19 May 2009
Film star Angelina Jolie paid a visit to the International Criminal Court in the Hague on Tuesday, the Telegraaf reports.
Jolie met chief prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo and spent some time watching the trial of Thomas Lubanga, the rebel leader from the Democratic Republic of Congo, from the public gallery, the paper said
Lubanga is on trial for recruiting child soldiers. He is the first person to face the ICC judges.
'Children need special protection,' Jolie is reported as saying. 'Using children in a conflict is a terrible crime. I have come to this court to see this ground-breaking trial for children first hand.'
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Wednesday: An overcast and misty start but sunny spells later. Max 7º on coast, 13º inland
Will anyone who can contact Ms Jolie please ask her to speak up for the Tamil children in Sri Lanka who are presently being slaughtered in their thousands or separated from their mothers and starved to death in concentration camps. One mother was crying. All she wanted was two spoons of powdered milk to feed her baby. Please refer to the War Without Witness website.
By Jan | May 20, 2009 2:33 PM