26/10/2012

On ICC Prosecutor's visit to Kenya


The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda is currently in Kenya this week.

She met with officials in Nairobi and travelled to Eldoret, in the Rift Valley, where most of incidents in trial  occured during the postelectoral violence in 2007-08.


According to AFP, she said on Thursday she was alarmed about reports that witnesses in Kenya's 2007-2008 post-election violence were being intimidated, and she urged "the government to be more forthcoming in providing information about the crisis". 


Fatou Bensouda told a news conference she voiced concern in her talks with Kenyan leaders that the government was late in responding to a number of requests made by her office.



Read more in today's Independent (UK):


ICC chief prosecutor accuses Kenya’s government of failing to provide evidence for post-election riot accused




More in Kenya's Daily nation here:

Victims fault ICC's evidence on suspects



"Speaking to ICC prosecutor Fatou Bensouda, victims of the Kiambaa church tragedy in Eldoret argued that real victims were never interviewed by Waki and Kriegler commissions of inquiry as well as former ICC Prosecutor Moreno Ocampo", the newspaper reports.

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Very few newspapers are covering this visit in Europe, most brief news coming from AFP and Reuters. I will follow the Kenyan press on the issue and hope the BBC will produce a video report at the end of her visit. Will keep you posted!

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