There’s been a curious development at the ICC since I was away that is worth keeping an eye on for those interested in following the precedent-setting decisions of the court’s first trial – against DRC militia leader, Thomas Lubanga Dyillo. In essence, representatives of the victims are trying to get in charges of sexual slavery […]
Archives for September 2009
Lubna and her domestic supporters
September 2, 2009 by 1 Comment
This ran anonymously in Foreign Policy while I was inside Sudan. A quick scan of google news today unfortunately supports the suggestion that the international spotlight on this may be fickle, but I remain confident that Lubna’s supporters in Khartoum will be out in full force when her trial resumes on Friday (see correction – […]
“The perfume of the good guys”
September 1, 2009 by Leave a Comment
August 15, 2009 Tonight I took my “driver” to watch his football team (Merriek) play Zambia’s Zesco team in the African Cup. I put “driver” in inverted commas, because this gentleman – who looks to be pushing 80 – is so much more than the role he appears to assume when he gets into his […]
