The Hague, Jan. 19 -- The International Criminal Court (ICC) appeals' judges have delayed the release of former Ivory Coast President Laurent Gbagbo, despite being acquitted of all charges of crimes against humanity.
Gbagbo, who served as the president of the West African country from 2001 until his arrest in 2011, was acquitted by the ICC on Tuesday for his alleged involvement in election-related violence in 2010 and 2011, in which around 3,000 people died, due to lack of evidence.
Prior to the ruling, Gbagbo had spent seven years in ICC custody.
Following the clean chit, the trial judges had ordered the release of Gbagbo and former Youth Minister Charles Ble Goude, another accused, while refusing a plea by the prosecutors to extend the...