The International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague begins Thursday in the trial of the septuagenarian ex-president Laurent Gbagbo of Ivory Coast. Meanwhile, hundreds of supporters of Gbagbo gathered for the International Criminal Court, to protest against the trial
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Ex-president Laurent Gbagbo and his wife Simone are surrounded by soldiers loyal to Alassane Ouattara, the winner of the elections in 2011 (archive photo). Photo: AP <- RSPEAK_START ->
The former head of state, that! in November 2011 the ICC was transferred, is on trial for crimes against humanity, including murder, rape and persecution during the civil war after the 2010 elections.
The violence began when Gbagbo refused to abide by its election defeat. The civil war would have killed in the period until April 2011 at least 3,000 people. Besides Gbagbo is also his 44-year-old co-defendant Charles Blé Goudé rightly so. This former minister and former youth leader was also accused of crimes against humanity including murder and rape.
The ICC also wanted to try Gbagbo’s wife, but who has been sentenced by a court in Ivory Coast to twenty years in prison.
Large crowd in front of #ICC for #Gbagbo #BleGoude trial pic.twitter.com/7DhMAgmlG4
– Parampreet Singh (singhp_p) January 28, 2016
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