Guest World News Posted June 12, 2014 Share Posted June 12, 2014 [attach=full]13126[/attach]By Thomas Escritt and Joe Bavier AMSTERDAM/ABIDJAN (Reuters) - Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo is be tried at the International Criminal Court on charges of crimes against humanity during post-election violence in which around 3,000 people were killed, judges said on Thursday. Gbagbo is accused of plunging his country into civil war rather than relinquish his grip on power after losing a presidential run-off vote in 2010. In the 131-page ruling, judges found there were "substantial grounds to believe" Gbagbo was criminally responsible for the crimes committed during the violence, singling out supporters of his political rival Alassane Ouattara for "systematic attack". Prosecutors say he devised a plan with co-conspirators including his wife Simone, who remains under house arrest in Ivory Coast, and youth leader Charles Ble Goude, currently in ICC custody, to stoke the violence and benefit from it. Continue reading... Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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