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Nicaragua strips lawyers from practicing in ongoing crackdown on dissent

Nicaragua's government has stripped many lawyers of their licenses to practice, according to a United Nations expert

The Independent UK · Jul 10

'Human Shield': Niger's Ousted President Held By Junta

President Mohamed Bazoum has been languishing for two years along with his wife in Niger's presidential palace since his ouster by a junta, which is using them as human shields to avert foreign military intervention to free them, according to the couple's lawyers.

International Business Times · Jul 24, 2025

Global push grows to free Niger’s former president Mohamed Bazoum

Niger's president Mohamed Bazoum has spent 550 days as a hostage of the military junta in the capital, Niamey. His lawyers say that his detention is setting a dangerous precedent and have launched a global campaign to have him released.

Radio France Internationale · Jan 28, 2025

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‘Palestinians are taking the stand’: can legal challenges to Israel’s war in Gaza stop the continuing onslaught?

Diala Shamas is one of a cadre of lawyers operating around the world to give international law teeth to stop the war

The Guardian - US · Oct 4, 2024

Swiss Court Jails Gambian Ex-minister For Crimes Against Humanity

Switzerland's Federal Criminal Court on Wednesday sentenced Gambian ex-interior minister Ousman Sonko to 20 years in prison for crimes against humanity committed under the regime of former dictator Yahya Jammeh.

International Business Times · May 15, 2024

After Trump's indictment: 'Americans in the middle are tired of crazy'

Reed Brody, a top US and international lawyer, tells FRANCE 24 he does not see Americans voting collectively for another four years of Donald Trump. After Trump last week became the first former US president to be indicted on criminal changes, Brody says the indictment – and other more serious…

France 24 · Apr 12, 2023

International push for Nuremberg-style tribunal to hold Vladimir Putin responsible for war in Ukraine

An international push is underway to hold Russian President Vladimir Putin and his most senior allies criminally responsible for the war in Ukraine.

ABC News · Jan 23, 2023

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Gambian officials accused of crimes under Jammeh to be suspended

Gambia this week announced plans to suspend state employees accused of crimes under the former Yahya Jammeh regime. The move is one of the recommendations of the Truth, Reconciliation and Reparations Commission (TRRC).

Radio France Internationale · Jun 17, 2022

Alleged war crimes in Ukraine: 'This is the moment of truth for international justice'

Delivering a chilling account of atrocities allegedly committed by Russian troops over the past six weeks in Ukraine, President Volodymyr Zelensky has urged the UN Security Council to hold Moscow accountable for its crimes. But what does the path to a possible war crimes trial look like? And how realistic…

France 24 · Apr 6, 2022

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