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FREETOWN, Sierra Leone (AP) - Two former members of a pro-government militia were convicted of war crimes Thursday, the second round of rulings by a U.N.-backed court attempting to punish those most responsible for brutalities committed during Sierra Leone's decade-long civil war.
Moinina Fofana and Allieu Kondewa were tried on eight counts of war crimes and crimes against humanity for their leadership of a group called the Civil Defense Forces, which is accused of torturing and mutilating civilians during the 1991-2002 war.
The three-judge panel voted 2-1 to convict them men on four counts involving murder, cruel treatment, pillage and issuing collective punishment. Kondewa was convicted on an additional count of conscripting child soldiers.
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