In the face of international pressure, on May 5 the foreign minister of the Democratic Republic of Congo promised not to execute four child soldiers sentenced to death by a special military court. In a meeting on May 2 with Foreign Minister She Okitundu, Human Rights Watch senior researcher Suliman Ali Baldo urged the government to spare the lives of the four children.
Congo Spares Child Soldiers
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