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Arrest warrants issued for Israeli PM Netanyahu and former defence secretary Gallant and senior Hamas commander over alleged war crimes

November 22, 2024 World Justice News 0

Arrest warrants have been issued for Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu, former defence secretary Yoav Gallant and a senior Hamas commander by the International Criminal Court (ICC). The warrants against the senior Israeli figures are […]

International Criminal Court prosecutor seeks arrest warrants against Israeli prime minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas leaders

May 20, 2024 World Justice News 0

A prosecutor at the International Criminal Court has applied for arrest warrants to be issued for Israel’s Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu and Hamas leader Yahya Sinwar over alleged war crimes. Prosecutor Karim AA Khan KC […]

Chagos Islands: UK should pay reparations, says Human Rights Watch

February 15, 2023 World Justice News 0

Britain should pay reparations to people removed from the Chagos Islands, a British territory in the Indian Ocean, a human rights group has said. Human Rights Watch also called on Britain to allow Chagossians to […]

Rights group files suit in Germany against Myanmar military

January 28, 2023 World Justice News 0

BANGKOK (AP) — A human rights group and 16 people from Myanmar have filed a criminal complaint in Germany seeking punishment of Myanmar’s generals for genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity they alleged were […]

Ukraine: Russia faces war crimes investigation

March 3, 2022 World Justice News 0

An investigation into possible war crimes in Ukraine has been launched, after Russia was accused of bombing civilians. The International Criminal Court (ICC) chief prosecutor said evidence was being collected on alleged war crimes, crimes […]

Radovan Karadzic: Ex-Bosnian Serb leader to be sent to UK prison

May 12, 2021 World Justice News 0

Radovan Karadzic, the former Bosnian Serb leader convicted of genocide during the conflict in the former Yugoslavia, is to serve the rest of his life sentence in a British jail. The Foreign Office said he […]

Darfur conflict: Sudan launches investigation into crimes

December 22, 2019 World Justice News 0

Sudan has launched an investigation into crimes committed in the Darfur region under former President Omar al-Bashir, the state prosecutor says. A trial could take place outside the country, Tagelsir al-Heber said. Ten years ago […]

Ion Iliescu: Romania’s ex-leader charged with crimes against humanity

April 9, 2019 World Justice News 0

Romania’s former President Ion Iliescu has been charged with crimes against humanity for his role in the aftermath of the violent revolt that toppled the communist regime in 1989. Mr Iliescu and two others are […]

Myanmar military leaders must face genocide charges, says UN

August 27, 2018 World Justice News 0

A UN report has said top military figures in Myanmar must be investigated for genocide in Rakhine state and crimes against humanity in other areas. The report, based on hundreds of interviews, is the strongest […]

War Crimes Court Orders Former Congo Militia Leader to Pay Victims

March 27, 2017 zoshinuk 0

THE HAGUE — The International Criminal Court on Friday found Congolese former militia leader Germain Katanga liable for $1 million in damages to his victims, in a landmark ruling for the permanent war crimes tribunal.Judges […]

Australia

Australian murderer loses bid to eat Vegemite in prison

October 26, 2026 0

A convicted murderer serving a life sentence in Australia has lost his bid to overturn a ban on prisoners consuming Vegemite – the salty yeast-based spread that has become a national symbol. Andre McKechnie argued […]

Human Rights

Patients in chains rescued from suspected illegal rehab centre in South Africa

October 16, 2026 0

A pastor and his wife have been arrested in South Africa after 200 people, some in chains, were found held at a suspected illegal rehabilitation centre in the north-eastern part of the country. The facility, […]

Human Rights

UK threatens to ban Eritreans over migrant return policy

October 15, 2026 0

Home Secretary Shabana Mahmood has threatened to ban all Eritreans from entering the UK if the east African country’s government does not accept more returns of small boat migrants and foreign national offenders. From Thursday, […]