http://www.mail.com/subjects/21646-war-crimes.html Mail.com - the best personalized free web-based Email en en http://sec-s.uicdn.com/mail.com/2.28/img/mailcom_logo_rss.png http://www.mail.com/subjects/21646-war-crimes.html http://www.mail.com/news/world/2085200-war-crimes-prosecutor-receives-israel-complaint.html AMSTERDAM (AP) — The prosecutor of the International Criminal Court — the permanent war crimes court in The Hague, Netherlands — says she has received a complaint about Israel's 2010 raid on a humanitarian aid flotilla bound for Gaza, and she will open a preliminary investigation. The complaint comes from the tiny African state of Comoros, a member of the... Tue, 14 May 2013 21:04:31 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2085200-war-crimes-prosecutor-receives-israel-complaint.html 2013-05-14T21:04:31Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2083944-dutch-wont-charge-company-israeli-barrier-case.html THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — In a blow to pro-Palestinian activists, Dutch authorities said Tuesday they will not prosecute a company on war crimes charges for renting out equipment to construct Israel's West Bank separation barrier. Dutch human rights lawyer Liesbeth Zegveld, who filed in 2010 on behalf of the Palestinian group al-Haq, said she was disa... Tue, 14 May 2013 10:26:25 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2083944-dutch-wont-charge-company-israeli-barrier-case.html 2013-05-14T10:26:25Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2065150-syrian-rebels-shoot-regime-helicopter-east.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels shot down a military helicopter in the country's east, killing eight government troops on board as President Bashar Assad's troops battled opposition forces inside a sprawling military air base in the north for the second straight day, activists said Monday. The downing of the helicopter was a welcome victory for rebels fightin... Mon, 06 May 2013 19:07:34 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2065150-syrian-rebels-shoot-regime-helicopter-east.html 2013-05-06T19:07:34Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2066202-alleged-auschwitz-death-camp-guard-arrested.html BERLIN (AP) — 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 an Auschwitz death camp guard, Stuttgart prosecutors said. Hans Lipschis was taken into custody after authorities concluded there was "compelling evidence" he was involved in crimes at Auschwitz... Mon, 06 May 2013 18:35:23 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2066202-alleged-auschwitz-death-camp-guard-arrested.html 2013-05-06T18:35:23Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2028178-karadzic-seeks-to-compel-mladic-to-testify.html THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — 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 time, if one of them gets his wish. Former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic sought a subpoena Thursday to compel his one-time military chief, Gen. Ratko Mladic, to testify in ... Thu, 18 Apr 2013 15:24:07 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2028178-karadzic-seeks-to-compel-mladic-to-testify.html 2013-04-18T15:24:07Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2016670-hague-war-crimes-court-investigating-staffer.html AMSTERDAM (AP) — The International Criminal Court in The Hague has opened a formal investigation into allegations by four people who say they were subjected to sexual abuse by a court staff member working in the Democratic Republic of Congo. The war crimes court said Friday it is "profoundly concerned by these grave allegations" and had taken steps to pro... Fri, 12 Apr 2013 21:44:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2016670-hague-war-crimes-court-investigating-staffer.html 2013-04-12T21:44:55Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/2007476-kenya-celebrates-president-daggers-west.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — 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 in Kenyan politics, one that forces the U.S. and Europe into a diplomatic balancing act. Amid the dancing and cheering of a sea of red-clad supporters, Kenyatta, his deputy and Uganda'... Tue, 09 Apr 2013 17:04:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/2007476-kenya-celebrates-president-daggers-west.html 2013-04-09T17:04:55Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1995498-us-offers-5-bounty-kony.html WASHINGTON (AP) — The Obama administration on Wednesday offered up to $5 million in rewards for information leading to the capture of Lord's Resistance Army chief Joseph Kony, two of his top aides and a Rwandan rebel leader suspected of crimes against humanity. The bounties are being offered by the State Department under a provision in the War Crimes Rewa... Wed, 03 Apr 2013 16:53:32 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1995498-us-offers-5-bounty-kony.html 2013-04-03T16:53:32Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1995198-us-group-sudan-face-war-crimes-charges.html NAIROBI, Kenya (AP) — 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 states near the border with South Sudan. The Enough Project said that two years of eyewitness reports, photos, video and satellite imagery present strong evidence that Sudan should be re... Wed, 03 Apr 2013 15:36:40 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1995198-us-group-sudan-face-war-crimes-charges.html 2013-04-03T15:36:40Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1986464-bosnia-man-sentenced-to-45-years-war-crimes.html SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — 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 sentenced him to 45 years in prison — the highest sentence ever issued in the country. Judge Zoran Bozic said that Veselin Vlahovic, killed 31 people, raped a number of Bosniak... Fri, 29 Mar 2013 16:55:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1986464-bosnia-man-sentenced-to-45-years-war-crimes.html 2013-03-29T16:55:55Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1982386-court-bosnian-serbs-guilty-wartime-persecution.html THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — The Yugoslav war crimes tribunal convicted two senior Bosnian Serbs on Wednesday of key roles in a campaign of murder, torture and persecution against Muslims and Croats during the 1992-95 Bosnian war and sentenced them each to 22 years in prison. Mico Stanisic was the interior minister in the breakaway Bosnian Serb republic ... Wed, 27 Mar 2013 17:20:51 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1982386-court-bosnian-serbs-guilty-wartime-persecution.html 2013-03-27T17:20:51Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1972650-un-rights-body-extends-syria-probe-to-march-2014.html GENEVA (AP) — Dozens of nations agreed Friday to extend a U.N. probe of human rights abuses in Syria's civil war for another year, signaling their grave concern about the escalating violence — and their intent to prosecute abuses. By a vote of 41-1, the U.N.'s top human rights body, based in Geneva, reauthorized its panel of four independent experts to co... Fri, 22 Mar 2013 17:36:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1972650-un-rights-body-extends-syria-probe-to-march-2014.html 2013-03-22T17:36:11Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1969672-un-rights-body-urges-thorough-sri-lanka-probe.html GENEVA (AP) — For the second time in as many years, the U.N.'s top human rights body approved a U.S.-backed resolution Thursday calling on Sri Lanka to more thoroughly investigate alleged war crimes committed by both sides during the country's quarter-century civil war with the Tamil Tiger rebels. By a 25-13 vote, the 47-nation U.N. Human Rights Council u... Thu, 21 Mar 2013 21:23:11 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1969672-un-rights-body-urges-thorough-sri-lanka-probe.html 2013-03-21T21:23:11Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1954092-death-coming-justice-khmer-rouge-regime.html PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Decades after Cambodia's brutal Khmer Rouge movement oversaw the deaths of 1.7 million people by starvation, overwork and execution, the regime's imprisoned top leaders are escaping justice one by one. How? Old age. Thursday's death of 87-year-old Ieng Sary, one of the founders of the Khmer Rouge, has fueled urgent calls among ... Fri, 15 Mar 2013 05:01:59 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1954092-death-coming-justice-khmer-rouge-regime.html 2013-03-15T05:01:59Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1953808-rights-groups-syrian-rebels-kill-captives.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian rebels routinely kill captured soldiers and suspected regime informers, human rights monitors said Thursday, warning of mounting war crimes committed by those trying to topple President Bashar Assad. Reports of rebel abuses come as the Syrian opposition appears to be gaining momentum in a 2-year-old conflict that, according to the U.N... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 07:02:55 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1953808-rights-groups-syrian-rebels-kill-captives.html 2013-03-14T07:02:55Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1953490-khmer-rouges-ieng-sary-dies-genocide-trial.html PHNOM PENH, Cambodia (AP) — Ieng Sary, who co-founded the brutal Khmer Rouge movement in 1970s, was its public face abroad and decades later became one of its few leaders to be put on trial for the deaths of an estimated 1.7 million Cambodians, died Thursday morning before the case could be finished. He was 87. His death before any verdict was reached in ... Thu, 14 Mar 2013 06:35:24 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1953490-khmer-rouges-ieng-sary-dies-genocide-trial.html 2013-03-14T06:35:24Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1945608-mortar-shells-hit-damascus-neighborhood-killing-6.html DAMASCUS, Syria (AP) — Mortar shells struck a predominantly Christian neighborhood and a football stadium at game time in Damascus on Monday, killing six civilians and wounding at least 24 in what appeared to be an escalating campaign by rebels to sow fear in the Syrian capital. Opposition fighters trying to topple Syrian President Bashar Assad have stepp... Mon, 11 Mar 2013 20:06:30 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1945608-mortar-shells-hit-damascus-neighborhood-killing-6.html 2013-03-11T20:06:30Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1940146-bosnian-woman-helped-rape-war-crime.html PRIJEDOR, Bosnia-Herzegovina (AP) — There were days when she prayed for a bullet to end her suffering. When she thought she was dying of a heart attack, she whispered "Thank you God." A young judge, Nusreta Sivac was one of 37 women raped by guards at a concentration camp in Bosnia. They never discussed the nightly traumas — their pained glances were enou... Fri, 08 Mar 2013 12:40:36 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1940146-bosnian-woman-helped-rape-war-crime.html 2013-03-08T12:40:36Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1927976-army-to-north-bangladesh-clashes-continue.html DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Authorities deployed soldiers in a northern Bangladeshi district on Sunday after Islamic party activists clashed with police, leaving five people dead during a nationwide general strike called to denounce war crimes trials. Seven people died in similar clashes in the northwest, police and news reports said. With the latest casualt... Sun, 03 Mar 2013 11:26:09 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1927976-army-to-north-bangladesh-clashes-continue.html 2013-03-03T11:26:09Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1924576-ex-yugo-army-chief-welcomes-acquittal.html BELGRADE, Serbia (AP) — A former chief of the Yugoslav army said Friday he hopes a U.N. court's decision to overturn his conviction on war crimes charges will help clear Serbia's image internationally. In a stunning reversal Thursday, U.N. appeals judges at The Hague, Netherlands, acquitted Gen. Momcilo Perisic of aiding and abetting atrocities by rebel S... Fri, 01 Mar 2013 14:44:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1924576-ex-yugo-army-chief-welcomes-acquittal.html 2013-03-01T14:44:43Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1924568-dutch-court-woman-incited-genocide-rwanda.html THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — A Dutch court on Friday convicted a Rwandan-born Dutch woman of inciting genocide in Rwanda's 1994 mass murders of ethnic Tutsis by members of the Hutu tribe — the first conviction of a Dutch citizen for the crime. The Hague District Court sentenced Yvonne Basebya, 66, to six years and eight months in prison for her role, the... Fri, 01 Mar 2013 14:04:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1924568-dutch-court-woman-incited-genocide-rwanda.html 2013-03-01T14:04:52Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1921938-un-appeals-court-acquits-ex-serb-military-chief.html THE HAGUE, Netherlands (AP) — In a stunning reversal, U.N. appeals judges on Thursday acquitted the former chief of the Yugoslav National Army of aiding and abetting atrocities by rebel Serbs, including the Srebrenica massacre, by providing them with military aid during the Balkan wars. Gen. Momcilo Perisic, a former close ally of ex-Yugoslav President Sl... Thu, 28 Feb 2013 19:59:56 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1921938-un-appeals-court-acquits-ex-serb-military-chief.html 2013-02-28T19:59:56Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1921318-congo-rebel-group-splits-firing-president.html GOMA, Congo (AP) — The president of the M23 rebel group in eastern Congo has been dismissed by the group's military leader over accusations that he is supporting Bosco Ntaganda, a wanted war criminal, said a spokesperson of the M23 Thursday. "Jean-Marie Runiga gave Bosco Ntaganda financial support to recruit military personnel. He has also been compromisi... Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:30:47 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1921318-congo-rebel-group-splits-firing-president.html 2013-02-28T14:30:47Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1921030-bangladesh-sentences-islamic-party-leader-to-death.html DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — A special tribunal in Bangladesh on Thursday sentenced a leader of an Islamic political party to death for crimes during the nation's 1971 war for independence, a politically charged decision that sparked violent protests that left at least 12 people dead across the nation. Delwar Hossain Sayedee, one of the top leaders of Jamaat-... Thu, 28 Feb 2013 14:12:46 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1921030-bangladesh-sentences-islamic-party-leader-to-death.html 2013-02-28T14:12:46Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1916940-atrocities-pile-up-syrians-collect-evidence.html BEIRUT (AP) — Syrian activist Yashar hopes the security agents who tormented him during five months of detention will one day be put on trial. In detention, he says, he was locked naked in a tiny box for a week, beaten daily during marathon interrogations and blindfolded for 45 days. A whole range of groups have accelerated a campaign to gather evidence o... Tue, 26 Feb 2013 18:53:43 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1916940-atrocities-pile-up-syrians-collect-evidence.html 2013-02-26T18:53:43Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1907990-2-killed-bangladesh-police-protesters-clash.html DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — Police in Bangladesh clashed Friday with protesters from Islamic political parties denouncing war crimes trials linked to the country's 1971 independence war, killing two demonstrators and injuring dozens of people, police and witnesses said. The nationwide protests were held separately by Jamaat-e-Islami, the country's largest Is... Fri, 22 Feb 2013 16:23:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1907990-2-killed-bangladesh-police-protesters-clash.html 2013-02-22T16:23:58Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1898952-un-panel-syria-war-crimes-to-trial.html BEIRUT (AP) — A United Nations commission on Monday said fighters on both sides in Syria's civil war have committed atrocities and should be brought to justice, while European Foreign Ministers extended an arms embargo on the country in hopes it would limit the ability of both sides to wage war. The announcements had little resonance inside Syria, however... Mon, 18 Feb 2013 21:07:58 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1898952-un-panel-syria-war-crimes-to-trial.html 2013-02-18T21:07:58Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1896110-bangladeshis-demand-death-war-crimes-convict.html DHAKA, Bangladesh (AP) — For many in Bangladesh, the "V'' for victory sign was more than they could bear. They had waited more than four decades for justice in the mass killings and rapes during their independence war. But there was a smiling Abdul Quader Mollah on Feb. 5 apparently celebrating his life sentence — given in place of an expected death sente... Sat, 16 Feb 2013 18:09:52 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1896110-bangladeshis-demand-death-war-crimes-convict.html 2013-02-16T18:09:52Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1878156-senegal-tribunal-to-try-ex-chad-dictator.html DAKAR, Senegal (AP) — Senegal officially launched its tribunal investigating former Chadian dictator Hissene Habre for alleged crimes against humanity on Friday, a move rights groups called a decisive turning point in the campaign to bring him to justice. The tribunal, authorized by the African Union and approved by a vote in Senegal's parliament, marks a... Fri, 08 Feb 2013 18:51:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1878156-senegal-tribunal-to-try-ex-chad-dictator.html 2013-02-08T18:51:00Z http://www.mail.com/news/world/1872696-congo-m23-rebels-sign-preliminary-agreement.html KAMPALA, Uganda (AP) — Representatives of the Congolese government and the M23 rebels signed a preliminary agreement in which both parties accepted responsibility for the failure of an earlier peace deal, a Ugandan mediator said Wednesday, praising both parties as highly committed to the peace talks. Crispus Kiyonga, the Ugandan minister who is mediating ... Wed, 06 Feb 2013 16:35:00 GMT http://www.mail.com/news/world/1872696-congo-m23-rebels-sign-preliminary-agreement.html 2013-02-06T16:35:00Z