FREDERICK K. COX INTERNATIONAL LAW CENTER Founder/Advisor |
War Crimes Prosecution Watch
Volume 12 – Issue 10 |
Editor-in-Chief James Prowse Technical Editor-in-Chief Managing Editors |
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Contents
AFRICA
CENTRAL AFRICA
- Aljazeera : HRW raises concern over CAR “war crimes”
- Reuters : Medical charity suspends work in Central African Republic town after militants kill baby
Democratic Republic of the Congo
- Reuters: Congo court convicts soldiers for massacre in disputed Kasai region
- Reuters : U.N. identifies 38 more mass graves in Congo’s Kasai region
- CAJ News Africa: Wanted warlord Mudacumura evades arrest warrant
WEST AFRICA
Lake Chad Region — Chad, Nigeria, Niger, and Cameroon
- Sahara Reporters: Nigerian Troops Kill 6 Terrorists as Boko Haram Retreats Into Lake Chad
- ABC News: UN Envoy Warns of Instability in Sahel and Lake Chad Basin
- TV360 Nigeria: Nigerian Army Discovers New Boko Haram Base in Lake Chad
- The Guardian: Cameroon ‘Torturing People Accused of Supporting Boko Haram’
- Reuters: Tuareg Separatists Seize North Mali Town in Battle
- Daily Mail: Mali Conflict Spreading to Burkina Faso, Niger: UN
- AllAfrica: Malians March Against Constitution Referendum
EAST AFRICA
- AllAfrica: The Monitor: Uganda: Amnesty Fails to Give 6,000 Ex-Rebels Resettlement Package
- Newsweek: Joseph Kony: Rebels Kidnap Civilians Weeks after U.S. Stops Hunting Ugandan Warlord
- VOA News: Officials Want to Arm Civilians After Militant Attacks in Kenya
- Newsweek: Islamist Violence in Africa:Kenya Foils Al-Shabab Attack, Arrests Six Fighters Of Al-Qaeda Affiliate
- SOFREP News: Kenya struggling with increase in terror attacks silently seeks vengeance on Somali diaspora
Rwanda (International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda)
- Daily Maverick: Ghosts of Rwanda: War crimes, genocide, and terrorism – where to now for Nyamwasa?
- Black Star News: Rwanda: Reign of Terror Strikes Rusizi District
- News 24: UN court to review Rwanda genocide conviction
- USA Today : Hostages held, 17 killed in attack at Somalia restaurant
- Los Angeles Times: Somali survivors tell of extremists’ restaurant siege that killed 31
- Garowe Online: Somalia: Two taxmen shot dead in Mogadishu
NORTH AFRICA
- CNN: US military considers ramping up Libya presence
- Foreign Affairs: Filling the Vacuum in Libya: The Need for a Political, Not Military Solution
EUROPE
Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina, War Crimes Chamber
- Balkan Insight: Bosnian Serb Ex-Soldier Tried for Murder, Rape
- Balkan Insight: Bosnian Fighters Tried for Jailing, Killing Sarajevo Serbs
- Balkan Insight: Bosnian Fighter’s Sentence Increased for Serb Detainees’ Abuse
- Balkan Insight: Bosnian Croat Ex-Policemen Cleared of Bosniaks’ Murders
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
- Balkan Insight : Srebrenica Genocide Convicts Return to Freedom
- ICTY Press Release : Final address of ICTY President at Srebrenica genocide commemoration
- Balkan Insight : Serbian Security Official ‘Sent Guns to Croatian Serbs’
- Balkan Insight : Croatian Serb Rebels “Armed by Yugoslav Army”
- Balkan Insight : Bosnian Serbs Spend € 10,000 on Mladic, Karadzic
Domestic Prosecutions In The Former Yugoslavia
- Balkan Insight: Thousands Commemorate Anniversary of Srebrenica Killings
- Balkan Insight: Serbia’s First Srebrenica Trial Halted as Charges Dismissed
- Herald-Whig: Rights group warns of state obstruction in Srebrenica trial
MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA
- NBC News: In Battle Against ISIS in Syria and Iraq, Civilians Suffer Most
- Human Rights Watch: Kurdistan Region of Iraq: Yezidi Fighters’ Families Expelled
- DNA India: After Iraq’s claims for successful ouster of ISIS, Amnesty calls for commission to probe Mosul crimes
- UN News Centre: With Mosul reclaimed, accountability key to heal Iraq’s ‘ISIL wounds’ – UN rights chief
- Reuters: At Srebrenica, Iraq’s Yazidis demand genocide recognition
- UN News Centre: UN envoy on sexual violence in conflict urges protection of survivors released from ISIL-held Mosul
- NPR: Amnesty Says U.S.-Led Coalition May Have Committed War Crimes In Mosul
- Human Rights Watch: Iraq: Alleged ISIS Families Sent to ‘Rehabilitation Camp’
- The Independent: Mosul’s Sunni residents face mass persecution as Isis ‘collaborators’
- ABC News: Videos appear to show Iraqi troops killing Mosul detainees
- Middle East Eye: Mosul execution site found as Iraqi forces accused of abuse
- Reuters: Merkel urges Iraq to probe alleged human rights abuses in Mosul
- The Seattle Times: 2 dead in suicide bombing in central Syria
- The Washington Post: US-Russia agreement calls for cease-fire in southwest Syria
- PBS: Attacks in Syria and Yemen are turning disease into a weapon of war
- The Daily Beast: Video Shows U.S. Allies in Syria Torturing Prisoners
- U.S. News & World Report: Rival Groups Clash in Syria’s Rebel-Packed Idlib
- Middle East Eye: VIDEO: US-backed Syrian rebels shoot IS corpse in possible war crime
- The Washington Post: EU to increase Syria sanctions, targeting 16 more officials
- Al Jazeera: Air attacks hit Raqqa as ISIL defends stronghold
Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
- The Phnom Penh Post: Keeping the peace in a post Khmer Rouge era
- The Diplomat: Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge Tribunal: Mission Accomplished?
- The Daily Star: STL witness: Badreddine, Issa were same person
- The Daily Star: STL: Analyst links another phone to Badreddine
- The Daily Star: Ayyash tied to yellow network: Donaldson
Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal
- The Daily Star: ICT sends Rajshahi Razakar to jail
- The Daily Star: War crimes tribunal chief passes away
- The Daily Star: Justice Anwarul Haque laid to rest
War Crimes Investigations in Burma
- Jurist: UN rights experts: Israel should reconsider charges against Palestinian human rights defender
- The National: Palestinian MP gets six months in Israel jail without trial
AMERICAS
- The Guardian: Payout for Guantánamo teenager could boost rights of child soldiers
- The Hill: Tillerson to shutter war crimes focused State Dept. office: report
- Newsweek: Trump Administration Closing War Crimes Office
- The Globe and Mail: Conservatives mount campaign against Trudeau over Omar Khadr settlement
- Colombia Reports: CC wants Colombia’s armed forces commander prosecuted over mass execution of civilians
- Colombia Reports: Uribe’s last-ditch effort to avoid Colombia’s war crimes tribunal?
- UN News Centre: Ahead of Sunday’s consultation in Venezuela, UN voices concern for demonstrators
- Colombia Reports: Colombia’s dissident rebels continue recruiting child soldiers: Inspector General
- InSight Crime: Brazil Crime Groups Share Territorial Control in Bolivia: Minister
TOPICS
Truth and Reconciliation Commission
- The Independent Barents Observer: Establishment of a Truth Commission in Finland Takes a Step Forward
- Common Dreams: Downplaying Atrocities? Trump Plan to Close ‘War Crimes Office’ Sparks Concern
- The Gleaner: The Truth! – Jamaica Needs Honesty from Politicians to Fight Corruption – Government Senator
- Newburgh Gazette: Active Duty Army Soldier Arrested in Hawaii on Terrorism Charges
- Gulf News: Man Accused of Aiding Iran to Produce Weapons of Mass Destruction
- Samaa TV: Russia Backs Bill to Strip ‘Terrorists’ of Citizenship
- Hellenic Shipping News: Nigeria Loses $1.5bn to Piracy Monthly, Says Dogara
- The Business Times: Piracy, armed robbery against ships in Asia at 10-year low: report
- Xinhua Net News: Nigerian Warships Begin Anti-piracy Deployment in Gulf of Guinea
- Human Rights Watch: Military Justice for War Crimes in Afghanistan?
- Just Security: State Dept. Office of Global Criminal Justice on the Chopping Block-Time to Save It
- The New York Times: Mapping the Brutality of North Korea, and Where the Bodies Are Buried
WORTH READING
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