Former Ivory Coast prez Gbagbo should be freed: ICC judges

The Hague: International Criminal Court judges said Wednesday that former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo should be released, a day after acquitting him of crimes against humanity. Head judge Cuno Tarfusser said the court “rejects the prosecution request to maintain them in detention”, referring to Gbagbo and his right-hand man Charles Ble Goude. ICC prosecutors had asked for the Ivorian pair to be kept in detention pending an appeal against Tuesday’s decision. (AFP)