Former Vice-President Jean-Pierre Bemba has been allowed by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to go to Brussels to attend a funeral mass for his father, Senator Jeannot Bemba Saolona, who died last Wednesday.

Senator Bemba Saolona was in Brussels when he passed away. He had attended a public hearing last Monday at the ICC on whether his son should be released or not before his trial.

His body will be flown back home to Kinshasa this week. He is set to be buried next week in Gemena, Equateur province.

On the web: Congo News Agency

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2. • Opposition, NGOs Vow to Join Forces to Fight 'Erosion of Democracy' (July 31, 2010)
3. • ICC suspends release of Thomas Lubanga (July 23, 2010)
4. • ICC orders the release of Thomas Lubanga (July 15, 2010)
5. • ICC rejects Germain Katanga's motion to suspend trial (July 12, 2010)
6. • ICC suspends Thomas Lubanga trial (July 8, 2010)
7. • ICC: Jean-Pierre Bemba trial postponed (July 7, 2010)
8. • The ICC signs enforcement agreements with Belgium, Denmark, and Finland (June 1, 2010)
9. • ICC: Jean-Pierre Bemba trial postponed (March 8, 2010)
10. • Lubanga Witness Says He Was Paid US$200 To Tell Lies (February 8, 2010)
11. • ICC: Thomas Lubanga Defence Questions Witness Credibility (January 30, 2010)
12. • Ugandan rebels murder, rape, mutilate, displace thousands in DR Congo, Sudan - UN (December 21, 2009)
13. • ICC reverses decision on the interim release of Jean-Pierre Bemba (December 2, 2009)
14. • ICC: Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui trial starts on Tuesday (November 23, 2009)
15. • Amnesty International: more prosecutions should follow for war crimes in the Kivus (November 19, 2009)
16. • ICC: Germain Katanga's appeal dismissed (September 25, 2009)
17. • UN mission in DR Congo denies Ntanganda's role in military operation (September 10, 2009)
18. • ICC: Jean-Pierre Bemba interim release suspended pending final decision on appeal (September 3, 2009)
19. • ICC: Germain Katanga and Mathieu Ngudjolo trial postponed (August 31, 2009)
20. • ICC Prosecutor appeals decision to release Jean-Pierre Bemba (August 25, 2009)
21. • International Criminal Court gives Jean-Pierre Bemba conditional release (August 14, 2009)
22. • More work remains to ensure justice for war crimes victims, says head of ICC (July 17, 2009)
23. • Senator Jeannot Bemba Saolona Dies at 67 (July 3, 2009)
24. • Congo Denies Instigating ICC Charges Against Former VP Bemba (June 16, 2009)
25. • ICC Orders War Crimes Charges Against Former Congo Vice President (June 15, 2009)
26. • Witness Claims Lubanga Visited Training Camp (June 5, 2009)
27. • Congo ex-rebel 'working with UN' (April 29, 2009)
28. • Negotiations between Kinshasa and CNDP Rebels to End Friday (February 20, 2009)
29. • Thomas Lubanga will remain under custody of the ICC pending final decision on appeal (July 7, 2008)
30. • Curfew imposed in Equateur to stem worsening insecurity (November 28, 2007)

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