Ivory Coast’s former first lady Simone Gbagbo has been sentenced to 20 years in prison for her role in 2011 post-election violence.

A court in Abidjan on Tuesday found Gbagbo guilty of undermining state security and organizing armed gangs in violence that left 3,000 people dead. She and her husband, Laurent Gbagbo, disputed the 2010 presidential election won by Gbagbo’s challenger, Alassane Ouattara.

State prosecutor Soungalo Coulibaly said “We have shown that impunity cannot continue in Ivory Coast.”

Supporters of the Gbagbos said the trial was politically motivated.

The former first lady’s sentence is twice the length of the 10-year term requested by state prosecutors.

The former president’s son, Michel Gbagbo, was also sentenced to five years in prison for his role in the violence.

Laurent Gbagbo is awaiting trial at the International Criminal Court in The Hague for alleged war crimes that include murder, rape and prosecuting political opponents.

The Ivory Coast government refused an order from the ICC to hand over Simone Gbagbo to face similar charges.

Gbagbo led Ivory Coast for more than a decade before being toppled and arrested by French-backed pro-Ouattara forces in April 2011.

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