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ICC rejects Gicheru request to suspend hearing tomorrow over ‘unfair’ judge

Lawyer Paul Gicheru during an interview with The Standard Group reporters at his office in Nairobi on February 04, 2021. [Stafford Ondego, Standard]

The International Criminal Court has dismissed lawyer Paul Gicheru’s plea to suspend a status conference scheduled for Friday.

Mr Gicheru had applied for presiding Judge Maria Samba to disqualify herself from the case, arguing that her work in the Office of the Prosecutor during investigations into the 2007/08 post-election violence (PEV) raised questions about her impartiality.

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