FREDERICK K. COX INTERNATIONAL LAW CENTER Founder/Advisor |
War Crimes Prosecution Watch
Volume 12 – Issue 18 |
Editor-in-Chief James Prowse Technical Editor-in-Chief Managing Editors |
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Contents
AFRICA
CENTRAL AFRICA
- Norwegian Refugee Council : UN visit to the Central African Republic must serve as wake-up call
- Relief Wed: Central African Republic: the challenge of stabilization
- News 24: Clashes in CAR leave at least 2 dead, 10 injured
- Andalou Agency: Armed violence kills 16 in Central African Republic
- The Independent: Kiir accuses Sudan of being source of weapons in S. Sudan war
- ABC News: South Sudan’s capital tense as troops surround Malong’s home
Democratic Republic of the Congo
- The Washington Post: Burundi becomes 1st to leave International Criminal Court
- Reuters: War crimes court backs Burundi investigation
WEST AFRICA
Lake Chad Region — Chad, Nigeria, Niger, and Cameroon
- Reuters: Suspected Boko Haram raid kills at least 10 in Cameroon village
- Premium Times: Four killed, 12 wounded in Boko Haram ambush in Borno
- Human Rights Watch: Girls Kidnapped by Boko Haram Share Their Stories at UN
- Al Jazeera News Agency: Explosive device kills UN peacekeepers in Mali
- The New York Times: Al-Qaida-linked group claims deadly attack on Mali official
- Reuters: 31 sexual abuse cases against UN personnel filed in 3 months
- Chicago Tribune: Hours before death in Niger, U.S. soldiers were targeting militants in Mali
- UNESCO: UNESCO and Partners stand against cultural cleansing and violent extremism
- Reuters: French raid last month killed hostage Malian soldiers
- Reuters: Malian soldiers killed in French strike had joined Islamists
- News24: UN official, in Mali, warns over ‘violations’ in anti-terror raids
EAST AFRICA
- CNBC: Man killed with arrows in Kenyan village on edge over elections
- Reuters: Kenya opposition leader calls for calm in slum hit by deadly violence
- IRIN: Who owns Kenya?
- Human Rights Watch: Kenya, Again, Represses Civil Society
- Bloomberg: Kenya’s Western Allies Urge Talks to Break Elections Impasse
Rwanda (International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda)
- Huffington Post: ‘Getting Away With Murder’ In Somalia, Where Journalists Are Killed With Impunity
- KTLA 5: U.S. Launches First Airstrikes Against ISIS Using Drone in Somalia
NORTH AFRICA
- The Libya Observer: Presidential Council probes slaughter of 36 persons in Benghazi’s Al-Abyar
- The Libya Observer: HoR member: Military leaders, TV channel behind Al-Abyar massacre
- The Libya Observer: Ambassadors of France, Italy, UK, and US condemn Derna air attack
- The Guardian: ICC’s investigation of Libya war crimes in dock even before male rape cases
- The Libya Observer: Joint forces seize control of Wershiffana district
EUROPE
Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina, War Crimes Chamber
- Balkan Insight: Bosnia Jails Mostar Fighter for Crimes Against Humanity
- The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Alminko Islamović ordered into custody
- Balkan Insight: Bosnian Croat’s Sentence Extended Over Orasje Crimes
- The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Dragan Janjić ordered into custody
- Balkan Insight: Bosnia to Step Up Dealing With Legacy of War, CoE Says
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
- Balkan Insight: Hague Tribunal President Raps Serbia During Belgrade Visit
- Balkan Insight: Ratko Mladic Asks for Postponement of Trial Verdict
- Balkan Insight: Hague Prosecution Opposes Mladic Verdict Postponement
- B92: Vucic and ICTY president exchange concerns, objections
- Daily Sabah: UN tribunal rejects Ratko Mladic’s lawyers’ request to postpone trial judgement
- Balkan Insight: Serbian State Security ‘Controlled Scorpions Paramilitary Units
Domestic Prosecutions In The Former Yugoslavia
- Balkan Insight: Serb Paramilitaries Convicted of Burning Croatian Village
- Balkan Insight: Macedonia Gives Kumanovo Gunmen Heavy Jail Terms
MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA
- The New York Post: This is the first American convicted of joining ISIS
- BBC News: ‘Jihadi Jack’ charged with being IS member, Kurdish officials say
- Balkan Insight: Bosnia Extradites Alleged ISIS Associate to US
- Reuters: Iraq not equipped to try Islamic State’s atrocities in Mosul: U.N.
- BBC News: IS ‘executed’ 741 civilians during Mosul battle – UN
- BBC News: What should happen to IS fighters in Syria and Iraq?
- Human Rights Watch: Anbar Displaced Barred from Going Home
- The New York Post: Italy seizes synthetic opiates meant to finance ISIS attacks
- Reuters: Two suicide attacks in Iraq’s Kirkuk kill at least five
- Reuters: As Islamic State weakens, step up efforts to free Yazidi sex slaves, survivor says
- Al-Jazeera: Yazidis in Iraq: ‘The genocide is ongoing’
- Arab News: Iraqis say life under Daesh was an open-air prison
- Iraqi News: IHCHR: Islamic State holding 10.000 people in last bastion in Anbar
- The New York Times: Red Cross Warns of ‘Dehumanizing’ Rhetoric in ISIS Fight
- CNN: UN: Syria responsible for sarin attack that killed scores
- The New York Times: Syria Rejects U.N. Report Blaming It for Sarin Attack
- Voice of America: Deliberate Starvation of Civilians in Syria Could Be War Crime
- Business Insider: Syria activists say 4 children killed in government shelling
- The Local Germany: Syrians in Germany file war crime cases against Assad regime
- The Telegraph: Seventeen killed as ‘Isil militants’ storm security compound in Yemen
- Al Jazeera: Saudi air strikes kill children in Yemen’s Hajjah area
- Human Rights Watch: Yemen: Houthi Strike on Saudi Airport Likely War Crime
Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal
- The Daily Star : Moheshkhali cop summoned for showing dead war criminal fugitive
- bdnews24: ICT finalises findings on Razakar Mahbub over murder of RP Saha in 1971
- The Daily Star: Widow of Meherpur martyred freedom fighter sues ‘Razakar’ for war crimes
War Crimes Investigations in Burma
- Dawn: UN asked to refer Myanmar to ICC
- The Guardian: UK drags heels on sending mass rape investigators to Myanmar
- Independent: Rohingya crisis: Israel says ‘both sides committing war crimes’ when asked about Burma violence
- Fox News: Israel accuses UN human rights official of hateful incitement
- CNN: 8 killed as Israel strikes Gaza tunnel, Palestinian Health Ministry says
- Reuters: Israeli air strike hits near Syria’s Homs
- Aljazeera: Israel using trapped Palestinians as ‘bargaining chips’
AMERICAS
- Napa Valley Register: Report: Rights abuses by Mexican military largely unpunished
- ACLU: U.S. Gave Its Torturers a Pass, So International Court Steps In
- Colombia Reports: Ceasefire not improving humanitarian conditions in Colombia: ELN
- Colombia Reports: UN urges Colombia congress to ratify war crimes tribunal
- BBC: EU to impose arms embargo on Venezuela as crisis deepens
- BBC: Bolivia rally urges Evo Morales’ fourth term
TOPICS
Truth and Reconciliation Commission
- Mail & Guardian: The deafening silence on rape in MK camps lingers
- Newsweek: General Butt Naked and Other Former Warlords Roam Free in Liberia. Will a New President Prosecute Them?
- Pakistan Today: Interior Ministry approves military trial of two LeJ terrorists
- The Nation: Ministry sends 29 terror-related cases to military courts
- The Indiana Lawyer: Court puts brakes on ordering Kammen to military trial
- Middle East Eye: US Navy aids Iran fishing boat after pirate attack
- Vanguard: Piracy attacks: US warns ships over Nigerian waters
- Stars and Stripes: Bahrain takes key counterpiracy command within US-led sea force
- ReliefWeb: Investigating conflict-related sexual and gender-based crimes-lessons from Iraq and Syria
- ReliefWeb: Take five: Uncovering the untold stories of sexual and gender-based violence in conflict
- The Daily Caller: Hundreds Of North Korean Officials Caught Committing Crimes Against Humanity
- Daily Sabah Asia Pacific: Rohingya women assaulted in Myanmar as ‘instrument of terror,’ UN says
- Islam21C: Social media giants “delete evidence of war crimes” jeopardising prosecution
- U.S. News and World Report: Cardin Among Critics Who Want Change in War-Fighting Policy
WORTH READING
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