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Lincoln’s assassination the following month devastated Douglass and intensified his reformist drive.

On Tuesday, the reformist Shargh newspaper said skipping the summit showed "passivity, a lack of initiative and a loss of opportunity in foreign policy".

But his reformist leanings eventually made him a target for Ceausescu, who marginalised him from the party's upper ranks.

Gone are Gascón’s reformist policies discouraging the use of cash bail and limiting the use of sentencing enhancements.

Once hailed as part of a new generation of reformist African leaders, Eritrea's president, who recently marked 32 years in power, has long defied expectations.