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Posteritatis

(18,807 posts)
Thu Nov 22, 2012, 02:02 PM Nov 2012

Simone Gbagbo arrest warrant issued by ICC

Source: BBC News

The International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant for Simone Gbagbo, the wife of Ivory Coast's ex-President Laurent Gbagbo.

She is wanted for alleged crimes against humanity committed in the wake of disputed presidential elections in 2010.

Her husband is already awaiting trial at the court in The Hague on four charges of crimes against humanity.

Some 3,000 people died in the unrest after he refused to accept defeat.

Read more: http://www.bbc.co.uk/news/world-africa-20448548

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Simone Gbagbo arrest warrant issued by ICC (Original Post) Posteritatis Nov 2012 OP
Good! And after her, Dick Cheney. tblue Nov 2012 #1
Now Netanyahu and Meshaal. nt Comrade_McKenzie Nov 2012 #2

tblue

(16,350 posts)
1. Good! And after her, Dick Cheney.
Thu Nov 22, 2012, 02:08 PM
Nov 2012

I'm serious. Good. I hope they get her. But it shouldn't be only the tyrants of small black and brown nations who face the bar of justice.

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