from Darfur (posts here) -- appeared this week before a Chadian investigating judge. Although allegations against many were dropped, charges against the 6 French nationals of the organization known as L'Arche de Zoé, or Zoe's Ark, were retained and, indeed, expanded, so that now they include:► kidnapping of minors with an eye to compromising their civil status
► 2 types of fraud
► false writings
2 others are charged with complicity; all defendants, some of whom now are on hunger strike, face up to 20 years' forced labor if convicted.
