ICC Sets Poll Violence Trial Date of Presidential Hopefuls
Concerns over potential unrest at Kenya's Next elections in March as the International Criminal Court sets down April 2013 to try Kenya's Deputy Premier, Uhuru Kenyatta and former agriculture minister William Ruto and two others for orchestrating post election violence in 2007 in which just over one thousand people were killed.
-
Kenya:
Hague Trials to Begin After 2013 Polls
Capital FM, 9 July 2012
Four Kenyans, including two potential presidential candidates, will be tried next April accused of fomenting deadly post-poll violence in 2007-08, the International Criminal Court… Read more »
The ICC building in The Hage, The Netherlands
InFocus
-
The International Criminal Court has rejected appeals challenging its jurisdiction over cases involving top Kenyan officials dubbed the Ocampo Four. Read more »
-
The trial of the Ocampo four could be delayed until the next general election concludes, prompting concerns over the safety of witnesses. Read more »
-
Despite a blow to their bid to have the Ocampo Four tried at the East African Court of Justice, government is still adamant in their quest to have the four tried locally. Read more »
-
A group of MPs are calling on the president and the prime minister to look for ways to save the four accused of the 2008 post-election violence. Read more »