Nauru 19 found guilty of rioting and unlawful assembly in retrial, defendant says
Nauru, Dec. 11 -- A group of anti-government protestors known as the Nauru 19 has reportedly been found guilty in a retrial, four and half years after they were first charged with rioting and disturbing the legislature.
The charges related to their involvement in a protest against government corruption outside Parliament in 2015.
The long-running case was thrown out of Nauru's Supreme Court last year when retired Australian judge Geoffrey Muecke ruled that it was a "shameful affront to the rule of law".
Justice Muecke said at the time that a fair trial was not possible for the men due to interference from the government, then led by former president Baron Waqa, and ordered a permanent stay on proceedings.
However, that decision was ov...
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