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Simone Gbagbo: Its Time For Progressive Women to Speak Out
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On International Women’s Day, First Lady Simone Gbagbo’s incarceration is addressed in ligiht of not having committed any crimes. Continue reading
Released Pro-Gbagbo Prisoners Plead For Others
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Released prisoners from Bouna help free their pro-Gbagbo comrades still imprisoned. Continue reading
Gbagbo Makes His First Appearance to International Criminal Court
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A very calm President Gbagbo made his first appearance before the International Criminal Court, responding to charges made against him, and citing his unjust arrest and beating of his son. Continue reading
Rawlings condemns Gbagbo’s transfer to The Hague
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Former Ghana President Rawlings condemns Gbagbo’s transfer to The Hague, saying the transfer disregards international code of procedures and is against efforts for peace in Cote d’Ivoire. Continue reading
Gbagbo Party Protests ICC Action, Withdraws From Reconciliation Process
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Gbagbo’s party, FPI, has withdrawn from reconciliation in Cote d’Ivoire in response to President Gbagbo’s arrest on November 29, 2011. Continue reading
President Gbagbo in Custody of International Criminal Court
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Former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo was transferred Tuesday, Nov. 29, 2011, to the International Criminal Court in The Netherlands. Continue reading
Michel Gbagbo Challenges His House Arrest
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The lawyer of Michel Gbagbo, Habiba Touré, announced on Friday that he had opened a legal case in Bobigny, near Paris on Monday, against the regime that ousted his father, President Laurent Gbagbo.
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President Gbagbo’s Letter about Independence Day
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President Gbagbo writes about Ivory Coast’s Independence Day and gives thought and meaning to August 7. Continue reading
US Senator Inhofe Decries Obama Meeting with Ouattara
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US Senator Jim Inhofe reacted to President Obama’s meeting with the illegitimate leader and war criminal of Cote d’Ivoire, Alassane Ouattara, in Washington, D.C. Continue reading
President Gbagbo Visited by Red Cross – No report as to his condition
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The International Committee of the Red Cross (ICRC) has just completed a series of visits to people held in detention facilities or under house arrest. Among those visited was Laurent Gbagbo, the former president of Côte d’Ivoire. Continue reading
US Senator Inhofe’s 7th Update of Crisis to Senate
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US Senator Inhofe presents for the 7th time the atrocities underway in Cote d’Ivoire by FRCI Ouattaran forces. He strongly urges the U.S. State Department to arrange the exile of President Gbagbo and the First Lady; and that the atrocities must end now, and Ouattara must be held accountable. Continue reading
UNOCI Condemns Increasing Violence by Ouattaran Forces
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Head of UNOCI Operations in Cote d’Ivoire, Guillaume Ngefa, condemns increasing violence by FRCI (Ouattaran forces). Continue reading
African Bishops Break the Silence
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In an article dated June 6 last on his blog (1), Shlomit Abel published excerpts of the African bishops’ conference (2) that denounces the crimes of bleached Ouattara, indifference guilty of France, and his distrust in vis “experts” of the United Nations in charge of investigating crimes Gbagbo. Continue reading
US Senator Inhofe: “We Can Save Cote d’Ivoire”
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Senator Inhofe (R-OK) calls for the release of the Gbagbos, also calling for the US Dept. of State to change their position– stating that if they don’t act soon, the Gbagbos will be executed. At the end of his speech, Senator Durbin (D-IL) commends Inhofe and reinforces the change of the State Department’s position, and states that on a bipartisan-basis, both agree that the US should pay more attention to ‘that important continent.’
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