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Ivory Coast ex-first lady Simone Gbagbo “acquitted” of crime against humanity charges
10:09 CAT | 28 Mar 2017
AFP (File photo) / Simone Gbagbo, the former first lady of Ivory Coast, at her trial in the capital Abidjan on May 9, 2016
An Ivory Coast jury on Tuesday acquitted former first lady Simone Gbagbo of crimes against humanity during the 2010-11 post-election crisis at her trial in Abidjan.
“A majority of the jury declared Simone Gbagbo not guilty of the crimes of which she has been accused, pronounced her acquittal and ordered that she be immediately freed if she is not being held for other reasons, ” said the head of the criminal court, judge Kouadjo Boiqui.
Source: AFP
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