Ivory Coast President stands trial by ICC

Sri Lanka is next in line

| by Pearl Thevanayagam

(December 02, London, Sri Lanka Guardian) Former President of Ivory Coast, Laurent Gbagbo, is now on trial at the ICC (International Criminal Court) facing four charges of crimes against humanity committed by his camp as recently as between December 2010 and April 2011 since he refused to conced victory to his contender in November 2010 presidential elections. The charges against the President and his camp are murder, rape,sexual violence, persecution and other inhuman acts.

"The world is not blind to the fact that media and humanitarian NGOs were barred from the theatre of war in the name of that euphemism `national security' since war intensified."

Gbagbo ruled over the African state for 10 years and the charges the ICC is currently bringing against him and five others relate only to election violence since November 2010. However his rule was beset with `economic crimes' such as looting, armed robbery and embezzlement and is being investigated by Ivorian justice officials.      Read More

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