Gabon: Bongo Pursue International Judicial Offensive · Global Voices

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After being played before the French courts, the judicial battle between the former president and his family and the Gabonese executive is now being fought before the UN and the African Court of Human and Peoples' Rights.

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The judicial case in Gabon takes on a new international dimension. After a resounding trial in Libreville, the Bongo family intensifyes its judicial offensive by seizing supranational bodies. This strategy transforms a national criminal case into a test for international justice in Africa. A conviction that does not extinguish the fire In November, the Libreville Special Criminal Court sentenced Sylvia and Noureddin Bongo in absentia to heavy pe…