Supporters of incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo react during a pro-Gbagbo rally in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on Jan. 9. Despite international pressure, Mr. Gbagbo still refuses to step down after losing the Nov. 28, 2010 election in Ivory Coast to Alassane Ouattara. Rebecca Blackwell/AP
Security forces block access to a road in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on Jan. 11. UN peacekeepers retreated from a neighborhood where security forces loyal to incumbent leader Laurent Gbagbo had opened fire on Jan. 10, turning around at least nine UN vehicles after dozens of angry young men built a blockade. Rebecca Blackwell/AP
A UN convoy is forced to turn back by a group of Young Patriots, youth supporters of Laurent Gbagbo, blocking the road in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on Jan. 11. Rebecca Blackwell/AP
A rebel soldier gestures to show that his only weapon is a knife, as he describes how heavily-armed security forces descended on the Abobo neighborhood and killed at least two people, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on Jan. 11. Rebecca Blackwell/AP
A supporter of incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo, wearing body paint reading 'Peace,' reacts during a pro-Gbagbo event at the Palace of Culture in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on Jan. 9. Rebecca Blackwell/AP
Supporters of Laurent Gbagbo show off a friend's dress, made with fabric printed with the incumbent president's picture, as they dance during a rally in the Gbagbo stronghold of Yopougon, in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on Jan. 7. Rebecca Blackwell/AP
Ivory Coast's Laurent Gbagbo (l.) shakes hands with Cape Verde's President Pedro Pires at the presidential palace in Abidjan on Jan. 3. African leaders met Gbagbo to try and convince him to cede power to his rival Alassane Ouattara in return for guarantees of 'safety and security.' Luc Gnago/Reuters
Alassane Ouattara answers questions from journalists during a press conference at the Golf Hotel in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on Jan. 6. Mr. Ouattara, the man recognized as the winner of Ivory Coast's recent presidential election, called for special forces from West African nations to remove Ivory Coast's incumbent president Laurent Gbagbo in a commando operation. Rebecca Blackwell/AP
Junior Kone, a young supporter of Laurent Gbagbo, displays specimen notes in a fictional Ivorian currency in Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on Jan. 8. Specimens of the 'Ivorian Currency of the Resistance' are circulating among Gbagbo loyalists after state-owned media have discussed the possibility of Ivory Coast establishing its own currency. Rebecca Blackwell/AP
United Nations soldiers from Niger conduct a patrol through the streets of Abidjan, Ivory Coast, on Jan. 10. Rebecca Blackwell/AP
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A recent Human Rights Watch report highlights imbalance in charges against culprits of the 2011 post-election violence. The president's supporters have not faced the kind of punishment opponents have.
Impunity for supporters of Ivory Coast President Alassane Ouattara alleged to have committed human rights abuses after the 2010 election here threatens the country’s already fragile stability, Human Rights Watch said in a report released this week.
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