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Justice vs justice
By David Bergman
Dozens of justice professionals, lawyers as well as prosecutors, have been arrested in Bangladesh. They are accused of taking part in the violent repression of demonstrations last summer that led to the fall of Sheikh Hasina’s government. But there’s a thin line between political retaliation and criminal accountability.
British soldiers from the Royal Air Force conduct a patrol outside Kandahar Air Field, Afghanistan. Afghanistan: investigations, a bit of truth but no justice
By Asymmetrical Haircuts
Investigations on war crimes in Afghanistan initiated in the UK, Australia, Netherlands, are producing limited results. To try and find out why, our partners at Asymmetrical Haircuts have invited in this new podcast Iain Overton, Thijs Bouwknegt, Ben Saul, and Rachel Reid.
Verdict in the Correa trial in the United States: Michael Sang Correa found guilty on all counts. Photo: Prosecutor J. Bishop Grewell speaks at a press briefing in court in Denver, Colorado. US jury finds Correa guilty on all counts
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Michael Sang Correa, a former member of the ‘Junglers’ in Gambia, is on trial in the United States on charges of torture under the dictatorship of Yahya Jammeh. Image: illustration showing Correa at his trial, surrounded by lawyers and a witness. Correa’s ‘confessions’ backfire
By Mariam Sankanu
The torture trial of Gambian Michael Sang Correa closed yesterday, earlier than expected, a week after it started and the hearing of his audio recorded ‘confessions’. Only the prosecution presented witnesses, and Correa decided not to testify himself.
In Guinea, Head of State Mamadi Doumbouya has promised reparations for the victims of the 28 September 2009 massacre, but he has also pardoned the main defendant in the trial: Moussa Dadis Camara. Why did he do this? Photo: Assembly of portraits of Doumbouya and Camara in military garb. ‘We must not drain a historic trial of all its sap’
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