Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagbo arrives in The Hague
Summary:
Ivory Coasts former President Laurent Gbagbo arrived in the Hague, south Holland, to face the International Criminal Court. He has been charged with four counts of crimes against humanity, which include murder, persecution, rape, and other forms of "inhumane crimes". These crimes were allegedly committed between 16 December 2010 and 12 April 2011. The ICC has been investigating this case since last month. The four months of unrest occurred because Mr. Gbagbo refused to give his presidential power after losing the election in November last year. ICC's chief prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, went to Ivory Coast himself to lead the investigation, which he said will be impartial. Gbagbo is the first of five people to be tried for these crimes. Gbagbo was the president of Ivory Coast for 10 years in which the country was basically in civil war the whole time. After he refused to give up power violence erupted throughout the country, killing over 3000 people.
Response:
I find it disturbing to see a man who has done so much wrong and wont admit it. If I was the prosecutor and found him guilty I would kill him. Dont these people have any sense of morality, or conscience? If you look at the guy he looks so innocent and incapable of committing a crime, but you know what they say, never judge a book by its cover. Inside he must reap with evil. He looks scared which tells me he is guilty. He should be found guilty because because of him violence occurred earlier in the year too. If he can be the cause of the death of 3000 people, then why cant we kill him? There should be religion involved in the decision, because it will make it weaker and involve a ethical sense, which this man does not have.
Vocabulary:
1. prosecutor- a person, esp. a public official, who institutes legal proceedings against someone;
the prosecutor won the case and the defendant was declared guilty.
2. criminal- a person who has committed a crime; from late Latin criminalis, from Latin crimen, crimin;
the criminal ran away from the crime scene.
3. erupted- break out or burst forth suddenly and dramatically; rom Latin erupt- ‘broken out,’ from the verb erumpere, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + rumpere ‘burst out, break.’;
violence erupted in Europe after the czar of Poland was killed.
Summary:
Ivory Coasts former President Laurent Gbagbo arrived in the Hague, south Holland, to face the International Criminal Court. He has been charged with four counts of crimes against humanity, which include murder, persecution, rape, and other forms of "inhumane crimes". These crimes were allegedly committed between 16 December 2010 and 12 April 2011. The ICC has been investigating this case since last month. The four months of unrest occurred because Mr. Gbagbo refused to give his presidential power after losing the election in November last year. ICC's chief prosecutor, Luis Moreno-Ocampo, went to Ivory Coast himself to lead the investigation, which he said will be impartial. Gbagbo is the first of five people to be tried for these crimes. Gbagbo was the president of Ivory Coast for 10 years in which the country was basically in civil war the whole time. After he refused to give up power violence erupted throughout the country, killing over 3000 people.
Response:
Vocabulary:
1. prosecutor- a person, esp. a public official, who institutes legal proceedings against someone;
the prosecutor won the case and the defendant was declared guilty.
2. criminal- a person who has committed a crime; from late Latin criminalis, from Latin crimen, crimin;
the criminal ran away from the crime scene.
3. erupted- break out or burst forth suddenly and dramatically; rom Latin erupt- ‘broken out,’ from the verb erumpere, from e- (variant of ex-) ‘out’ + rumpere ‘burst out, break.’;
violence erupted in Europe after the czar of Poland was killed.
