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former president of the Ivory Coast complains

transfer to The Hague and accused France of detention at the opening of the hearing

His white shirt was pressed, his tie right, his suit Sharp and quiet but challenging. It was a makeover and white sweat shirt puzzled expression that spoke of a man stripped of power and dignity when the world's eyes were the last of him.

Laurent Gbagbo, former President of the Ivory Coast, seemed determined to play the global statesman rather than a fugitive from justice when presented to the International Criminal Court in The Hague on Monday.

The International Criminal Court and tried in vain to bring the power of international law by President Omar al-Bashir and Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi end. It would have been incomparable legal drama, but he faced the indignity that Gbagbo to become the first former head of state to stand trial in the war crimes tribunal in the world's most important.

obviously affected by this part of the geopolitical history, the fallacy of 66 years about how his name had been fixed by the court and complained about how his extradition.

Gbagbo was transferred to the Netherlands last week to face four counts of crimes against humanity. His supporters are accused of committing murder and rape as a result rejected Ivorian elections and tried to cling to his ten year reign.

prosecutors say nearly 3,000 people died in four months of violence perpetrated by both parties after Gbagbo refused to recognize. The president Alassane Ouattara, took power in April, with the help of French forces and the UN, after a scruffy Gbagbo was removed from his bunker.

look healthy and rested more on this occasion, smiled Gbagbo's supporters in the public gallery of the hearing 25 minutes to open. "Good afternoon, Madam President, thank you for allowing me to speak," he said, "I'm Laurent Gbagbo."

He said panel of three judges who do not need to read the charges. Speaking in French, Laurent Gbagbo said he wanted to see the evidence against him: "I challenge the evidence and then make a decision."

blamed France, the former colonial power in Cote d'Ivoire, he was arrested by the pro-Ouattara, ".. I was arrested under the bombs French that the French army did the work, "said his son was beaten and his interior minister killed in the fighting." I was the president and the residence of the President of the Republic was bombed. " He also complained about his transfer to The Hague last week in northern Ivory Coast, where he was under house arrest.

"We were deceived," he said, adding that the officer in charge of the transfer "did not have the courage to tell me he was going to The Hague" after it was at the airport. brief hearing on Monday to confirm the identity of Gbagbo and ensure that he understood his rights and charges.

According to court documents, is billed as an "author" in a carefully orchestrated campaign of violence against supporters of Ouattara. The presiding judge, Silvia Fernandez de Gurmendi, Argentina, has scheduled a hearing for June 18, when prosecutors will present a summary of the evidence and judges to decide whether it is strong enough to justify taking the case to trial of Gbagbo.

"The presence of President Laurent Gbagbo on the bench is clearly a denial of justice, a scam, a movement to settle politically, socially and physically."
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