Former Ivorian First lady sentenced to 20years imprisonment for organizing post election violence

Former Ivorian First Lady Mrs Simone Gbagbo
has been sentenced to 20 years imprisonment
by an Ivorian court for organizing post election
violence after her husband, Laurent Gbagbo lost
out in the 2010 Presidential elections in Ivory
Coast.
In a unanimous judgement today March 10th,
the court said Mrs Gbagbo together with her
husband's supporters, after rejecting the results
from the elections that saw her husband's main
rival, Alassane Ouattara declared winner of the
election, carried out activities that undermined
the state security which left over 3000 people
dead.
Laurent Gbagbo's son from a previous marriage,
Michel Gbagbo, was also sentenced to 5 years
imprisonment for his role in the post election
violence. Lawyers to Mrs Gbagbo say they
would be appealing the judgement.