article_snippet: Simone Gbagbo, the wife of former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo was also accused of 'organising armed gangs' after Simone Gbagbo, the wife of former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo  rejected results of the 2010 presidential elections.
article_snippet: Court 'unanimously' condemned Simone Gbagbo, the wife of former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo  to 20 years in jail, court president Tahirou Dembele said.
article_snippet: the Ivory Coast former first lady former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo  arrives at the Court of Justice in Abidjan last month during Simone Gbagbo, the wife of former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo  trial for 'attempting to undermine the security of the Ivory Coast' in events leading to 2010-2011 electoral bloodshed .
article_snippet: Gbagbo's face hardened as the verdict was read.
article_snippet: Simone Gbagbo, the wife of former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo  was 'a little affected' by the sentence, Simone Gbagbo, the wife of former Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo  lawyer Me Rodrigue Dadje told AFP. '
article_snippet: Laurent Gbagbo's son Michel, a French-born dual national from a previous marriage, was also sentenced to five years in prison for his role in the violence.
article_snippet: Once referred to by admirers and opponents alike as Ivory Coast's 'Iron Lady,' Laurent Gbagbo's has been on trial since January with 82 co-defendants accused of varying degrees of involvement in the deadly unrest.
article_snippet: Prosecutors had asked for a lighter 10-year jail term for the 65-year-old Gbagbo. '
article_snippet: Laurent Gbagbo's most certainly participated in the composition of armed gangs,' state prosecutor Simon Yabo Odi told the court, adding 'state prosecutor Simon Yabo Odi men... participated in an insurrectional movement.'
article_snippet: Relatives of victims of the violence last month in front of the Palace of Justice in Abidjan as they call for the  sentencing of the former first lady Simone Gbagbo .
article_snippet: The previous day, the former first lady Simone Gbagbo gave testimony for nearly four hours, confronting witnesses who said they'd seen the former first lady Simone Gbagbo distributing arms to youths in Abidjan with flat denials.
article_snippet: the former first lady Simone Gbagbo told the court that the former first lady Simone Gbagbo 'forgives' the former first lady Simone Gbagbo accusers, saying: 'I have suffered humiliation on humiliation during this trial. '
article_snippet: the former first lady Simone Gbagbo also said the former first lady Simone Gbagbo did not 'know exactly what the concrete actions are that I am being accused of', and insisted the former first lady Simone Gbagbo husband had legitimately won the 2010 election.
article_snippet: The son of Ivory Coast's former President Laurent Gbagbo, Michel Gbagbo (right), and former Ivorian Foreign Minister Alcide Djedje (left) arrive at the Court of Justice in Abidjan, on March 9 .
article_snippet: The defeated regime allegedly used brutal militias to attack supporters of the declared winner of the poll, Ouattara, but some of The son of Ivory Coast's former President Laurent Gbagbo, Michel Gbagbo (right), and former Ivorian Foreign Minister Alcide Djedje
article_snippet: The son of Ivory Coast's former President Laurent Gbagbo, Michel Gbagbo (right), and former Ivorian Foreign Minister Alcide Djedje (left) were arrested in April 2011.
article_snippet: The son of Ivory Coast's former President Laurent Gbagbo, Michel Gbagbo (right), and former Ivorian Foreign Minister Alcide Djedje (left) is in The Hague awaiting trial in July for crimes against humanity at the Court of Justice in Abidjan.
article_snippet: A supporter of former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo makes the victory sign as A supporter of former Ivory Coast president Laurent Gbagbo arrives at the Court of Justice in Abidjan in Abidjan on March 9 .
highlights_snippet: Simone Gbagbo, 65, convicted of 'undermining state security' in 2010-2011 .
  
highlights_snippet: Court husband, ex-Ivorian president Laurent Gbagbo, rejected election result .