War crimes

War crimes

• War crimes prosecutor receives Israel complaint

  The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court — the permanent war crimes court in The Hague, Netherlands — says she has received a complaint ... 

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  Kenyan wants to skip most of his war crimes trial

  Deputy President William Ruto of Kenya asked international war crimes judges Tuesday if he can skip most of his trial and attend only its opening and ... 

• Dutch won't charge company in Israeli barrier case

  In a blow to pro-Palestinian activists, Dutch authorities said Tuesday they will not prosecute a company on war crimes charges for renting out ... 

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  Syrian rebels shoot down regime helicopter in east

  Syrian rebels shot down a military helicopter in the country's east, killing eight government troops on board as President Bashar Assad's troops ... 

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  Alleged Auschwitz death camp guard arrested

  A 93-year-old man who was deported from the U.S. for lying about his Nazi past was arrested by German authorities Monday on allegations he served as ... 

• UN panel backs away from Syria nerve gas claim

  A U.N. panel looking into war crimes in Syria said Monday it has not found conclusive evidence of chemical weapons use, backing away from a member's ... 

• 93-year-old investigated for Nazi past

  A 93-year-old man who acknowledges he served with the SS in the Nazis' Auschwitz death camp but claims he was only a cook is under investigation by ... 

• Karadzic seeks to compel Mladic to testify

  The two alleged chief architects of Serb atrocities committed during the 1992-95 Bosnian war could meet in a United Nations courtroom for the first ... 

• Hague war crimes court investigating own staffer

  The International Criminal Court in The Hague has opened a formal investigation into allegations by four people who say they were subjected to sexual ... 

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  Macedonia: War crimes convict gets hero's welcome

  Tens of thousands of people gathered in Macedonia's capital Thursday to welcome home a former police officer who served eight years in prison for ... 

• US, Canada, Jordan, boycott UN meeting on justice

  Barred from speaking at a U.N. meeting on international criminal justice, Bosnian activist Munira Subasic, who lost 22 close family members in the ... 

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  Kenya celebrates new president; daggers for West

  Uhuru Kenyatta, the son of Kenya's founding president, ascended to the country's top office Tuesday during a jubilant celebration that began a new era ... 

• Bosnian Serb president testifies for Karadzic

  One Bosnian Serb leader testified in defense of another at the Yugoslav war crimes tribunal Tuesday, blaming Muslims' wishes for an Islamic state in ... 

• US offers $5 million bounty for Kony

  The Obama administration on Wednesday offered up to $5 million in rewards for information leading to the capture of Lord's Resistance Army chief ... 

• US group: Sudan should face war crimes charges

  A U.S. based advocacy group alleged in a new report Wednesday that Sudan's government has committed war crimes since mid-2011 in two of its southern ... 

• Libya says it should be allowed to try spy chief

  Libya has formally applied to the International Criminal Court to be allowed to put Moammar Gadhafi's former spy chief on trial in Tripoli instead of ... 

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  Bosnia: Man sentenced to 45 years for war crimes

  A court in Bosnia on Friday convicted a Montenegrin man of multiple counts of murder, torture, rape and looting during Bosnia's 1992-95 war, and ... 

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  Court: Bosnian Serbs guilty of wartime persecution

  The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal convicted two senior Bosnian Serbs on Wednesday of key roles in a campaign of murder, torture and persecution against ...