Prosecution may appeal the acquittal by ICC on charges of crimes against humanity
Former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo has been released on bail to Belgium following his acquittal by the International Criminal Court in The Hague on charges of crimes against humanity, the court said Tuesday.
Belgium said on Saturday that it had agreed in principle to host Gbagbo pending a possible prosecution appeal against his acquittal, but that final arrangements were being made.
Continue reading...International criminal court freed Laurent Gbagbo on Friday after his shock acquittal
Belgium has agreed to take in the former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo following his acquittal at the international criminal court in The Hague, a foreign ministry spokesman has said.
Karl Lagatie confirmed the agreement on Saturday, and added that he did not know if the ex-president was already in Belgium.
Continue reading...Former president remains in ICC custody after acquittal on charges of crimes against humanity
The International Criminal Court has dashed Laurent Gbagbo’s hopes of a swift release following the acquittal of the Ivory Coast’s former president on charges of crimes against humanity.
Trial judges had earlier ordered Gbagbo and his right-hand man Charles Ble Goude to be immediately freed after clearing them of any role in a wave of post-electoral violence in 2010-2011 that killed 3,000 people.
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