NEWSROOM (ADV) – The judges on Wednesday ordered the immediate release of Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Blé Goudé. Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC), Fatou Bensouda and Eric MacDonald, had appealed the acquittal of former President Laurent Gbagbo and his ally Charles Blé Goudé.
Yesterday, the judges of the ICC had decided by majority the acquittal and the immediate release of the two men.
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In accordance with the texts governing the ICC, the ICC Prosecutor’s Office had decided to appeal this decision.
Laurent Gbagbo and Charles Blé Goudé were both charged with four counts of crimes against humanity: murders, rapes, persecutions and other inhumane acts, for which they each pleaded not guilty.
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