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Rights groups want Nyamwasa’s refugee status revoked

Lt Gen Faustin Nyamwasa during a recent court appearance in Johannessburg in the case of those who tried to kill him. The London Evening Post Two human rights…

Staff Writer30 October 2012

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Judgment reserved in Nyamwasa’s case

Judgment has been reserved in the admissibility of a temporary asylum-seeker’s permit of Rwandan general and suspected war criminal, Kayumba Nyamwasa as evidence in a case in court. The case…

Staff Writer30 October 2012

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Rwandan’s refugee status challenged

IOL Pretoria – South African authorities exceeded their public powers and acted unlawfully and irrationally by granting refugee status to former Rwandan general and suspected war criminal Faustin Kayumba Nyamwasa.…

Staff Writer29 October 2012

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Demand fairness in global criminal justice

The Business Day Alan Wallis WHY has Syria not been referred to the International Criminal Court (ICC) by the United Nations Security Council, yet Libya was? Answers may be forthcoming…

Staff Writer22 October 2012

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Blair citizen’s arrest would be ‘unlawful’

IOL Protesters would not be acting lawfully if they tried to effect a citizen’s arrest on former British Prime Minister Tony Blair in Joburg on Thursday, according to Lilian Chenwi,…

Staff Writer3 September 2012

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Police, NPA to appeal ruling in torture case

The Business Day THE national director of public prosecutions and the national police commissioner still want to appeal against a high court judgment which ruled that the head of the…

Staff Writer13 July 2012

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How close is an African Criminal Court?

IRIN News JOHANNESBURG, 13 June 2012 (IRIN) – The long-running spat between the African Union (AU) and International Criminal Court (ICC) over perceived bias has prompted the AU to push…

Staff Writer13 June 2012

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AU summit: Malawi stands with Darfur victims – government won’t host summit if Al-Bashir attends

Malawi’s president, Joyce Banda, continues to impress. See the latest press release from African civil society organisations regarding Malawi’s decision not to host the AU Summit. The Summit will now…

Staff Writer12 June 2012

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AU initiative courts controversy

The Post Alan Wallis It would appear that international criminal justice is on the up. The International Criminal Court (ICC) delivered its first guilty verdict in the trial of Congolese…

Staff Writer7 June 2012

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ICC ‘Not targeting African leaders’

News 24 Cape Town – The incoming chief prosecutor of the International Criminal Court has dismissed criticism that the court is biased against African states. Fatou Bensouda, a former Gambian…

Staff Writer24 May 2012