On 15 January 2019, former Ivorian President Laurent Gbagbo, and former leader of the ultra-nationalist Young Patriots movement Charles Blé Goudé, were acquitted by the International Criminal Court. They were accused of crimes against humanity, in relation to the crimes that led to the death of more than 3,000 people in 2010 and 2011 in the aftermath of the Ivorian presidential election.
“They are accused of instigating public disturbances and organizing peaceful protests against the government. Among the defendants, Mrs Israa Bint Hassan Bin Abdullah al-Ghamgham could be the first female human rights activist executed in Saudi Arabia”.
Rahaf Mohammed al-Qunun, the 18-year-old Saudi Arabian woman who fled her family in hopes of returning to Australia, is still waiting for the High Commissioner for Refugees to decide her case. His lawyer François Zimeray conveys to Paris Match on the few minutes that turned her destiny upside down (…).
“The purpose of a judicial investigation is the manifestation of truth, not the destruction of a man. Abuse of pre-trial detention is never admissible. This applies to all the justice systems and prisoners in the world”.
“François Zimeray, partner at Zimeray & Finelle, represents Mr Saif ul Malook, Asia Bibi’s lawyer, a Pakistani christian woman sentenced to death for blasphemy and acquitted in October after spending nine years in jail …”.
“Avocat de Jean-Marie Michel Mokoko dit “J3M” dans le procès qui a opposé ce dernier aux autorités congolaises qui l’accusaient “d’atteinte à la sûreté de l’Etat et de détention d’armes”, Jessica Finelle (cabinet parisien Zimeray & Finelle) est parvenue à faire condamner le régime de Denis Sassou Nguesso devant le groupe de travail des Nations unies sur la détention arbitraire…”.
“… Face au refus du gouvernement d’obtempérer aux préconisations des experts onusiens, Jessica Finelle, l’avocate du général Mokoko, affirme que « la défense va saisir les bailleurs internationaux, comme le Fonds monétaire internationale (FMI) et l’Union européenne, pour que ces derniers exigent des autorités congolaises le respect des recommandations formulées par le groupe de travail de l’ONU » …”.
“A advogada Jessica Finelle e o também advogado e ex-embaixador da França encarregado dos Direitos Humanos, François Zimeray, informam que as questões ambientais estão sendo levadas cada vez mais a sério pela CPI …”
“Doughty Street Associate François Zimeray has been instructed by the Internal Political Commission of the Venezuelan National Assembly to advise its members on the possible international remedies for the human rights violations taking place in their country. To this aim, François Zimeray will work in collaboration with the Commission’s Venezuelan lawyers and NGOs”.