Read Lubanga Chronicle #36 19 June 2009 Before joining the UPC, Witness 89 spent six months in the Rwampara, a training centre in Ituri run by the Ugandans. There he would learn everything related to the profession of a soldier. Once he completed his training, his parents came and took him to Barrier, a city 25 km away from Bunia. “There was a lot of suffering in the camp. That’s why my parents took me away from that place,” says Witness 89. In Barrier, he sold cigarettes in the market until he was arrested by the UPC, “the Thomas´ soldiers,” as he knew the militia allegedly lead by Mr. Thomas Lubanga. It was 2002 and he was 17 years old. Source:Aegistrust
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