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South Africa: SAfrica arrests 6 in attempt on exiled Rwandan

22nd June 2010
JOHANNESBURG — Police have arrested six suspects after an exiled Rwandan general accused of grenade attacks in his homeland was shot in South Africa over the weekend, authorities said Monday.
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Angola: Four Angolan activists stand trial in oil-rich Cabinda

23rd June 2010
Four Angolan human rights activists went on trial Wednesday for "crimes against state security" in the oil-rich province of Cabinda, over the deadly shooting attack on Togo's football team in January.
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ICC seeks help to arrest war crime indictees

12th June 2010
Luis Moreno-Ocampo told the 15-member council that the Sudanese government "has the primary responsibility and is fully able to implement" warrants issued by the ICC in 2007 for the arrest of former government minister Ahmed Haroun and militia leader Ali Kosheib.
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Sudan rebel leaders surrender to ICC

17th June 2010
Two Sudan rebel leaders surrendered to the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague on Wednesday to answer to accusations of war crimes in Darfur, the court said.
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Swaziland: Pudemo man found hanging in jail toilet

6th May 2010
Sipho Stephen Jele of Ncabaneni area in the Manzini region was found by another inmate hanging from the rafters of a prison toilet. He is said to have used a blanked seam to hang himself.
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Swaziland: SWAZILAND SUPREME COURT TO HEAR FREE PRIMARY EDUCATION CASE

7th May 2010
Johannesburg/Mbabane, 7 May 2010 – The Swaziland National Ex-Miners Workers Association ....
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Fact Sheet for the Review Conference of the Rome Statute

23rd March 2010
The review conference is a meeting of the States Parties to the Rome Statute (the treaty establishing the ICC). The main purpose is to consider amendments to the Rome Statute.
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Activist Atheist Pair Want Pope Arrested

12th April 2010
Two prominent atheists have hired lawyers to investigate the possibility of having Pope Benedict XVI arrested for “crimes against humanity,” British media reported Sunday. Accusing the Pope covering up clerical sexual abuse in the Roman Catholic Church, Richard Dawkins and Christopher Hitchens want lawyers to build a case for his arrest when he visits Britain later this year to beatify a 19th century British theologian.
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U.N. Jurist Calls for Pope to be Tried in International Court

14th April 2010
United Nations jurist and former war crimes judge has called for the “full weight” of international law to be brought against Pope Benedict XVI because of sexual abuse cases involving some Catholic priests, calling into question the Vatican’s claim that the pope is immune from legal proceedings because he is a head of state.
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Press Release: Africa: Civil Society Urges Support for ICC

24th May 2010
Johannesburg, May 24, 2010) – A group of 124 organizations from more than 25 African countries released a declaration today calling on African governments to advance accountability for grave international crimes at the review conference for the International Criminal Court (ICC). The conference, which will take place in Kampala, Uganda from May 31 to June 11, 2010, is being convened to discuss amendments to the court’s treaty.
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