Ivory Coast: Laurent Gbagbo detained again after last-minute appeal
by Agence France-Presse from World news | The Guardian on (#4755J)
Former president remains in ICC custody after acquittal on charges of crimes against humanity
The International Criminal Court has dashed Laurent Gbagbo's hopes of a swift release following the acquittal of the Ivory Coast's former president on charges of crimes against humanity.
Trial judges had earlier ordered Gbagbo and his right-hand man Charles Ble Goude to be immediately freed after clearing them of any role in a wave of post-electoral violence in 2010-2011 that killed 3,000 people.
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