Kenyan government using repressive cybercrime law to stifle dissent
By Henry Gekonde A Kenyan social media activist is out on bail as he fights cybercrime charges that could send him to prison for up to two years if ...
Month: April 2021
Boris Johnson criticised for rejecting ICC probe of Israel
By Millicent Zighe British Prime Minister Boris Johnson has come under sustained condemnation for opposing the International Criminal Court’s investigation into crimes alleged to have been committed in Gaza and ...
Uganda and DR Congo confront each other at ‘World Court’ in The Hague over war crimes reparations
By Thomas Verfuss Just two days after its 75th anniversary, the International Court of Justice (ICJ) in The Hague will on Tuesday, April 20, 2021, start hearings on reparations for ...
143,000 Burundian refugees to return home
Nearly half of the 309,342 Burundian refugees in Tanzania, Rwanda, the Democratic Republic of the Congo, and Uganda are expected to return home by the end of the year, according ...
Ongwen faces imprisonment as sentencing process starts
By Susan Kendi The International Criminal Court will on April 14 and 15 listen to the oral submissions of the prosecution, defence, and victims’ lawyers in the sentencing of former ...
The US ends sanctions and visa restrictions against ICC personnel
The United States has lifted sanctions and visa restrictions against two International Criminal Court officials, including outgoing Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda. In a press statement issued on Friday, April 2, 2021, ...
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