Josef Fritzl, the Austrian accused of imprisoning his daughter and fathering seven children with her, has changed his pleas to guilty on all charges. Mr Fritzl faces life imprisonment for a string of offences, including rape, incest, murder and enslavement. He initially denied two of the charges, including murdering one of the children soon after […]
Outcry Over ICC’s Scrapping of Rape Charges
Victims of sexual violence in DRC angered by court’s controversial move. By Jacques Kahorha in Goma (AR No. 173, 3-Jun-08) Congolese women who’ve fallen victim to rape and related crimes say they feel badly let down by the decision of the International Criminal Court, ICC, to drop all sexual violence charges relating to the conflict […]
Ethiopian bloggers defend charged pop star
– by Andrew Heavens Ethiopian bloggers rushed to the defence of their country’s top pop singer Teddy Afro, after he appeared in court charged with the hit-and-run killing of a youth in capital Addis Ababa. Many writers were convinced Afro was being framed by Ethiopian authorities who, they said, resented the singer’s huge popularity and veiled anti-government lyrics. […]
Dad charged in 9-year-old girl’s Sledding Death
VANCOUVER, Wash. – Authorities charged a man Friday with vehicular homicide in a sledding accident that killed his 9-year-old daughter last winter. Peter Gecho was pulling the girl, Madison, in an inner tube behind his pickup truck when the tube slammed into a low brick wall Jan. 16, according to Clark County Superior Court documents. […]
Two Kenyan Suspects Off The Hook?
Despite prosecutor’s pledge to look again at rejected cases, focus now likely to shift to trials of four others accused of election violence. By Nzau Musau, Simon Jennings Although the prosecutor of the International Criminal Court, ICC, says he will continue investigating two top Kenyan officials, observers doubt these cases will be revived and instead […]
Was the Dutch-Iranian Woman Murdered in the Hands of Her Prison Interrogators?
TEHRAN—-An Islamic judge sentenced a Dutch woman of Iranian ancestry to death by hanging. Zahra Bahrami, 45, was accused of possessing and smuggling narcotics. Reports have surfaced in Iran that Bahrami was not hung as the Iranian officials previously claimed. Instead some Iranian sources state that Bahrami died in prison as a result of […]
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