War Crimes Prosecutor Reed Brody on Gambia Victory & U.S./Israel Attacks on ICC
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🗓️ 21 May 2024
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| 0:00.0 | This is |
| 0:04.0 | This is Democracy Now. Democracy Now. |
| 0:06.0 | org, the War and Peace Report. |
| 0:08.5 | I'm Amy Goodman. |
| 0:10.0 | Human Rights Watch is hailing a monumental victory after a Swiss court convicted former |
| 0:16.3 | Gambian Interior Minister Usman-Sanko for crimes against humanity committed under the |
| 0:21.9 | dictatorship of Yeajama. |
| 0:24.2 | Sanco was sentenced to 20 years in prison for his role in torture, illegal detentions, |
| 0:30.0 | unlawful killings between 2000 and 2016. |
| 0:34.2 | He's the second ex-Gambian official |
| 0:36.7 | convicted in Europe for international crimes |
| 0:39.4 | committed in Gambia after a former death |
| 0:41.8 | squad member received a life sentence in Germany last year. |
| 0:45.7 | We're joined now by Reed Brody, war crimes prosecutor, author of To Catch a Dictator, the Pursuit |
| 0:50.9 | in Trial of His-Habre. |
| 0:52.6 | His recent piece for the nation is headlined, |
| 0:54.6 | Who's Afraid of the International Criminal Court? |
| 0:57.4 | Reed, I want to talk more with you |
| 0:59.3 | about the International Criminal Court and Israel |
| 1:02.4 | and Palestine following up from part one with our |
| 1:06.8 | discussion with Ilan Papae. But first let's talk about Gambia which has received |
| 1:11.7 | much less attention. |
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