THE HAGUE, Netherlands, July 9 (UPI) -- A decision by prosecutors to withhold information in a case regarding a Congolese warlord prompted a suspension of the case, a court in the Netherlands said.
The International Criminal Court said it was suspending the case against Congolese warlord Thomas Lubanga Dyilo because prosecutors didn't disclose proper information to the defense team, the U.N. news center reports.
The judge in the case called on the prosecutor to reveal the name of "intermediary 143" to the defense in a confidential memo.
The court said it was suspending the case because "the fair trial of the accused is no longer possible due to non-implementation of the chamber's orders by the prosecution."
The warlord is facing two counts of war crimes for conscripting child soldiers into military service and for using child soldiers in combat in 2002 and 2003.
His case is the first before the ICC in which alleged victims are being allowed to take part.
The prosecution called 28 witnesses since the trial started in 2009.
All but three of the witnesses had their voices and facial features distorted, and used pseudonyms to protect their identities.
