Congolese vrijgesproken verdachte Strafhof uitgezet / First ICC Acquitted Defendant Returned to DR Cong
First ICC Acquitted Defendant Returned to DR Congo Netherlands Rejected Asylum Claim Over Safety Fears May 11, 2015 Email Enlarge Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui, a Congolese national, sits in the courtroom of the ICC during the closing statements in the trial against Katanga and Ngudjolo Chui in The Hague on May 15, 2012. © 2012 Reuters (Kinshasa) Mathieu Ngudjolo, the first defendant to be acquitted by the International Criminal Court (ICC), was deported to Kinshasa, Democratic Republic of the Congo , on May 11, 2015, his lawyers said. Following his acquittal by the ICC, Ngudjolo said he feared for his safety if returned to Congo. However, Netherlands immigration authorities did not find grounds to grant his asylum claim. “We and others will be looking to the Congo...