The appeal process 'coup' affair opens in DR Congo following a trial in which 37 people were sentenced to death over what the army said was a failed coup bid ago. The appeal process began under a large tent in a military prison in the capital Kinshasa, where those sentenced are being held. Among the 37 were three Americans, as well as a Belgian, Briton and Canadian, who all also had Congolese nationality. All but one of those sentenced to death were found guilty of criminal association, attack and terrorism. IMAGES AND SOUNDBITES