With me, zeinab badawi. The recent release of Saif Al Islam gaddafi by the libyan Group Holding him has led to the International Criminal court in the hague, the icc, demanding his arrest. Hes been indicted by the court for alleged Crimes Against Humanity, murder and persecution. The icc was set up in 2002 as a Court Of Last Resort to try such individuals, but its met a barrage of criticisms principally that it has an anti african bias because only africans have been convicted and nearly all the cases before it are from the continent. My guest is the prosecutor of the icc, Fatou Bensouda, a lawyer from gambia. What does she say in the courts defence . Fatou bensouda, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. You were born in gambia to a muslim family, you studied law in nigeria, then you returned to gambia in 1987 to work as a public prosecutor. Why did you want to go into law . I believe it is my this, you know, sense of right and wrong, and justice thats something which is just i
With me, zeinab badawi. The recent release of Saif Al Islam gaddafi by the libyan Group Holding him has led to the International Criminal court in the hague, the icc, demanding his arrest. Hes been indicted by the court for alleged Crimes Against Humanity, murder and persecution. The icc was set up in 2002 as a Court Of Last Resort to try such individuals, but its met a barrage of criticisms principally that it has an anti african bias because only africans have been convicted and nearly all the cases before it are from the continent. My guest is the prosecutor of the icc, Fatou Bensouda, a lawyer from gambia. What does she say in the courts defence . Fatou bensouda, welcome to hardtalk. Thank you for having me. You were born in gambia to a muslim family, you studied law in nigeria, then you returned to gambia in 1987 to work as a public prosecutor. Why did you want to go into law . I believe it is my this, you know, sense of right and wrong, and justice thats something which is just i
Donald trump is signaling what looks to be a tougher american policy toward china. Trump broke protocol last week i speaking with the taiwanese resident and then took to twitter to challenge chinas trade and military policies. Hour, inng up this business, International Investors make their move in the mexico oil rush, taking advantage of the privatization of the countrys energy sector. Nd happy birthday to us france 24 turns 10 years old today. More on that coming up. First, our top story, live from paris. Genie we will start in france with the political shakeup for the ruling socialists. The interior minister, bernard cassidy, has bernard cazeneuve, has just been named Prime Minister. So the manuel valls can focus on running for president in the next election. That comes after Francois Hollandes shock announcement that he was not running for a second term. Manuel valls nomination is not a done deal. He will be one of eight candidates in next months socialist primary. Catherine norrist
Ugandan militias blamed for tens of thousands of killings pleads not guilty at the International Criminal court. Brent i am brent goff. It is good to have you with us. She is one step further to becoming chancellor yet again. Angela merkel has been overwhelmingly reelected as leader of her party, the conservative christian democrats, the cdu. She took 90 of the votes cast today at the annual conference. It gives her a boost as she seeks a fourth term as chancellor in federal elections scheduled for next fall. Reporter she did it again. Germanys christian democrats reelected Angela Merkel as the partys leader. I accept your choice and i am pleased with the result. My heartfelt thanks for your trust. Her speech was marked by selfcriticism and pathos. Merkel knows she demanded a lot of her party, and she warned the struggle is not over yet. I cannot promise that things are going to get easier, because we must do with these times demand of us. She was referring to her governments controver
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