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Abidjan (Ivory Coast), Jun 17 (EFE / EPA) .- (CAMERA: Legnan Koula) Former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo returned to Ivory Coast today after ten years of being extradited to the International Criminal Court (ICC) where he was tried for alleged crimes against humanity.
Supporters of Ivory Coast's ex-president Laurent Gbagbo cheer the moment that International Criminal Court (ICC) appeals judges uphold his acquittal of crimes against humanity during 2010 post-election violence. More 3,000 people died in the unrest when Gbagbo refused to cede power to the winner of the elections, his rival Alassane Ouattara. Gbagbo supporters followed the ICC ruling via videolink at home in Ivory Coast. IMAGES
The International Criminal Court acquits former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo of all charges of crimes against humanity over post-electoral violence in the West African nation, and orders his immediate release. SOUNDBITE from Cuno Tarfusser, presiding judge at the ICC
Hundreds of people take part in a rally in Santa Cruz, Bolivia's economic capital, to demand the release of opposition leader and Santa Cruz governor Luis Fernando Camacho, on the first anniversary of his arrest on terrorism charges over the ousting of former President Evo Morales in 2019. IMAGES
Supporters of former Peruvian president Alberto Fujimori gather outside the prison where he is being held in the outskirts of Lima, a day after Peru's Constitutional Court ordered his release. Fujimori, 85, has been serving a 25-year sentence in connection with the death squad slayings of 25 Peruvians in the 1990s. IMAGES