[WSMDiscuss] Verdict Affaire Sankara Communiqué de Presse | Verdict Sankara Case, Press Release

[Matt Meyer]

Thanks to you, Brian, and indeed to Pat Harewood as well.

This too-often-neglected series of solidarity initiatives - like Sankara's
work itself - is very much under-appreciated, much less acknowledged than
it's rightful prominence in contemporary African and global
movement-building. These additions and perspectives are so especially vital
and informative on this listserv.

So thanks again!!
MattM

On Wed, Apr 13, 2022 at 10:29 AM Brian <brian at radicalroad.com> wrote:

> Greetings, folks. Yesterday I posted an article by Kenneth Surin on the
> trial of Thomas Sankara's killers:
> https://www.counterpunch.org/2022/04/12/the-trial-of-thomas-sankaras-killers-2/
>
> Pat Harewood reminds me: "It's really unfortunate that this article does
> not even mention the coordinating role of the International Campaign of
> Justice for Sankara, created by the Group for Research and Initiative on
> the Liberation of Africa - a grassroots and independent Pan-africanist
> organization - grila.com.  Activists like Aziz Fall spent 25 years on
> this case along with lawyers like the now deceased Charles Roach, Farama
> Prosper, Benwende Sankara ( no relation), Olivier Badolo and many others
> from Burkina Faso, France and Canada. This was truly an example of how
> international anti-imperialist solidarity works."
>
> Thanks, Pat. An important acknowlegement indeed! See below
> the Communiqué from La C*ampagne Internationale Justice pour* *Sankara*
> CIJS <https://cijs-icjs.net/fr/history-of-the-icsj/>,
>
> ~ Brian
>
> Begin forwarded message:
>
>
> *From: *Patricia Harewood
> *Subject: **Fw: Verdict Affaire Sankara Communiqué de Presse | Verdict
> Sankara Case, Press Release*
> *Date: *12 April 2022 at 11:25:55 pm GMT-4
> *To: *Brian Murphy <brian at radicalroad.com>
>
> ------------------------------
> *From:* aziz salmone Fall <azizsalmonefall at gmail.com>
>
> *Subject:* Verdict Affaire Sankara Communiqué de Presse | Verdict Sankara
> Case, Press Release
>
> (English Follows)
>
> *Communiqué de la CIJS suivi de la déclaration liminaire à la*
> *CONFERENCE DE PRESSE DES AVOCATS DE LA FAMILLE*
> *DU PRESIDENT THOMAS SANKARA SUITE AU DELIBERE RENDU*
> *LE 6 AVRIL 2022 PAR LA CHAMBRE DE JUGEMENT*
> *DU TRIBUNAL MILITAIRE DE OUAGADOUGOU*
>
>
>
> *OUAGADOUGOU, LE 7 AVRIL 2022*
>
>
> La C*ampagne Internationale Justice pour* *Sankara* CIJS
> <https://cijs-icjs.net/fr/history-of-the-icsj/>,  coordonnée depuis 1997
> par le GRILA <https://grila.org/index_grila.php?gri=acc&lang=fr> *(Groupe
> de Recherche et d’Initiative pour la Libération de l’Afrique)* prend acte
> de la décision prononcée par l’honorable Juge Urbain Meda du tribunal
> militaire de Ouagadougou, ce 6 avril 2022. Ce jugement est le premier du
> genre dans l’histoire du continent, et marque d’ailleurs une jurisprudence
> dans l’histoire du droit. Durant la majeure partie de ces 25 années
> <https://cijs-icjs.net/fr/history-of-the-icsj/>, les avocat-es de la CIJS
> ont essayé de faire entendre le droit contre l’État partie, et ensuite
> devant une cour du tribunal militaire.
>
> Lire la suite
> <https://cijs-icjs.net/fr/2022/04/07/icjs-press-release-press-conference-verdict/>
>
> /////
>
> *ICJS press release followed by the opening statement to the*
>
> *PRESS CONFERENCE BY THE LAWYERS OF THE FAMILY OF PRESIDENT THOMAS SANKARA*
> *FOLLOWING THE JUDGEMENT OF*
> *APRIL 6, 2022 BY THE JUDGEMENT CHAMBER*
> *OF THE MILITARY COURT OF OUAGADOUGOU*
>
> *OUAGADOUGOU, 07 APRIL 2022*
>
>
> The International Campaign Justice for Sankara (ICJS)
> <https://cijs-icjs.net/>, coordinated since 1997 by GRILA
> <https://grila.org/index_grila.php?gri=acc&lang=en> (Research and
> Initiative Group for the Liberation of Africa), takes note of the decision
> pronounced by the Honourable Judge Urbain Meda of the Military Court of
> Ouagadougou, on 6 April 2022. This judgment is the first of its kind in the
> history of the continent, and marks a precedent in the history of law. For
> most of the past 25 years, ICJS <https://cijs-icjs.net/cijs-key-dates-en/> lawyers
> have been trying to get the law heard against the state, and then before a
> military court. They have always stood up against impunity. ICJS is
> grateful for all the pan-African and international mobilisation that has
> assisted it over the past 25 years. It salutes the memory of the victims
> and of all those who paid with their lives or gave their blood to bring
> this historic day to pass.
>
> Read
> <https://cijs-icjs.net/2022/04/07/icjs-press-release-press-conference-verdict/>
>
>
> Visit:  https://murphyslog.ca
> Twitter:  @BrianKMurphy2
>
>
>
>
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