Guatemala Trials July 5, 2017December 15, 2020 by Plaza Pública The Greco-Roman Wrestler Who Defeated Ríos Montt …toward the prosecutors and civil party lawyers. It was the last hearing day and even though the old general seemed tired, he greeted everyone briefly and courteously. With Edgar Pérez…
Dominic Ongwen June 17, 2017May 11, 2021 by Tom Maliti Witness Describes Himself as Traumatized by His Actions After LRA Abduction …bush and all those things have completely traumatized me. The things that I did in the bush have completely traumatized me,” the witness said. Witness P-252 will continue testifying on…
Dominic Ongwen June 2, 2017May 11, 2021 by Tom Maliti Witness Says Ugandan Soldiers Ran Away When LRA Attacked Lukodi …camp shortly after the attack, but government soldiers did not immediately pursue the rebels. She said government soldiers only pursued the rebels the following morning. She told the court she…
Dominic Ongwen March 29, 2017May 11, 2021 by Wairagala Wakabi Former LRA Fighter Says Ongwen-Led Rebels Dressed as Government Soldiers to Attack Town …and that he subsequently participated in a number of attacks carried out by the rebels on camps for internally displaced persons and on government army detachments. Ongwen is currently on…
Dominic Ongwen March 21, 2017May 11, 2021 by Tom Maliti Witness Describes Poor Living Conditions in the LRA and IDP Camps …he was with the LRA. Witness P-379 told the court that senior officers and some fighters had tents. He said others, particularly people who had been recently abducted, slept on…
Laurent Koudou Gbagbo & Charles Blé Goudé February 22, 2017September 14, 2020 by Ivoire Justice Testimony of the Former Director-General of the Ivorian Police Ends …know it’s a bit difficult because usually you are the one who asks questions,” he told the former DGPN at the beginning of the session. Turning to various statements by…
Laurent Koudou Gbagbo & Charles Blé Goudé February 7, 2017September 14, 2020 by Ivoire Justice Vague and Contradictory, the Words of Witness P-106, an Abobo Trader, Cause a Stir in the Audience …the defense must now concern the charges directly and remain factual. Finally, witnesses are often asked to confirm their statements. An amendment could be adopted to avoid this “unnecessary and…
Laurent Koudou Gbagbo & Charles Blé Goudé May 16, 2016September 14, 2020 by Antoine Panaïté Requests for Closed-Door Sessions Annoy the Judge in the Gbagbo - Blé Goudé Trial …regard, the day of May 16 was particularly grueling even for Presiding Judge Cuno Tarfusser, who found these closed-door sessions too repetitive. At the end of the day, after yet…
Laurent Koudou Gbagbo & Charles Blé Goudé March 7, 2016September 14, 2020 by Antoine Panaïté When a Prosecution Witness Appears to Defend the Accused …use of the title “President” in the courtroom. The presiding judge considered that the defense’s request to appeal was unfounded because his oral decision was simply a “direction…given only to…
June 10, 2015March 15, 2018 by Scott Edwards Three Impediments to Technology for Truth …points to a silent arms-race. Simply put, the OSINT environment is hostile to truth. False information is widely disseminated, often intentionally and through coordination. At Amnesty, we have come into…