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 […]
A UN court has rejected an appeal by Bosnian Serb former leader Radovan Karadzic and increased his sentence to life in prison. The tribunal on Wednesday ruled that his initial sentence was too light. In […]
For the first time, two leaders of the brutal Khmer Rouge regime in Cambodia have been found guilty of genocide. Nuon Chea, 92, was the deputy of regime leader Pol Pot, and Khieu Samphan, 87, […]
The International Criminal Court has opened a preliminary examination into c’s alleged crimes against its Rohingya Muslim minority. The move could pave the way to a full investigation into Myanmar’s military crackdown that has seen […]
Myanmar’s Aung San Suu Kyi has defended the jailing of two Reuters journalists, despite international condemnation. She said Wa Lone and Kyaw Soe Oo had broken the law and their conviction had “nothing to do […]
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 […]
Former Bosnian Serb commander Ratko Mladic has been found guilty of genocide for some of the worst atrocities of the 1990s Bosnian war. Known as the “Butcher of Bosnia”, he faced 11 charges, including crimes […]
FINLAND – A Rwandan Baptist preacher accused of genocide during the country’s brutal 1994 civil war will not be extradited from Finland because it is feared he will not receive a fair trial in Rwanda. […]
South Africa has accused the International Criminal Court (ICC) of bias and unfairly targeting African leaders and served notice of its intent to withdraw from the Hague-based tribunal. Justice Minister Michael Masutha told reporters in Pretoria: “The […]
Fighters for the Islamic State abducted a young Yazidi woman named Nadia Murad, her siblings and their mother from their village in northern Iraq more than two years ago. Barely in her 20s, Ms. Murad […]
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