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War Crimes Prosecution Watch
Volume 12 – Issue 21 |
Editor-in-Chief James Prowse Technical Editor-in-Chief Managing Editors |
War Crimes Prosecution Watch is a bi-weekly e-newsletter that compiles official documents and articles from major news sources detailing and analyzing salient issues pertaining to the investigation and prosecution of war crimes throughout the world. To subscribe, please email warcrimeswatch@pilpg.org and type “subscribe” in the subject line.
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Contents
AFRICA
CENTRAL AFRICA
- VOA: CAR Experiences Alarming Rise in Violence, Criminality
- News 24: Clashes in northern C Africa threaten security plan
- Register Citizen: Under-fire UN peacekeepers struggle in African nation at war
- Al Jazeera: Displaced CAR residents fear new wave of violence
- The Guardian: ‘The future is very dark’: Central African Republic’s relentless cycle of suffering
- ReliefWeb: Human Rights Commission wants end to impunity for perpetrators of violence against South Sudanese
- Reuters: South Sudan rebels accuse army of attack as peace talks restart
- VOA News: Fighting Pushes More South Sudanese Into Congo
- Sudan Tribune: Sudan’s al-Bashir hails Rwanda stance against ICC
Democratic Republic of the Congo
- CNN: 15 UN peacekeepers slain in Congo
- Reuters: Congo fighters jailed for life for child rape ceremonies: rights groups
- Africa News: Congolese war criminal Lubanga ordered to pay $10m to child soldiers
- ABC News: Burundi’s president launches campaign to extend his rule
- Human Rights Watch: Burundi: Rights Defender Detained — Stop Intimidating Activists
WEST AFRICA
Lake Chad Region — Chad, Nigeria, Niger, and Cameroon
- Task and Purpose: Fallout From Deadly Niger Ambush Worsens As Bombshell Reports Target AFRICOM
- Los Angeles Times: Nigerian military arrests more than 400 associated with Boko Haram
- Voice of America: Militants in Lake Chad Region Block Polio Program
- CNBC: Al Qaeda’s arm in North Africa has made around $100 million through ransom and drug trading, study says
- Japan Times: Gunmen kidnap and later kill workers laying fiber-optic cables in Mali
- Vanguard: ‘Jihadists’ kill six in Mali attack
- The Daily Herald: African anti-jihadi force gets millions after French meeting
EAST AFRICA
- AllAfrica: The Monitor: US Envoy Decries Attack On Media
- Reuters: Uganda parliament debate on presidential age cap halted as scuffles break out
Rwanda (International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda)
- The New Times: President Kagame inaugurates Campaign against Genocide museum
- Medafrica Times: Fresh report accuses France of complicity in 1994 genocide
- Radio France Internationale: Rwandan defence minister refuses to face French judge over Habyaramina death
- Human Rights Watch: Rwanda Needs to Take Torture Seriously
- The Hill: US strikes explosives-filled vehicle in Somalia
- Merced Sun-Star: Suicide bomber kills 18 at Somalia police academy
- Al Jazeera: Officers dead in Somalia police academy bombing
- All Africa: U.S. Orders New Probe On Alleged Massacre
- All Africa: Up to 30 Percent of Soldiers Unarmed
NORTH AFRICA
- Reuters: Gunmen assassinate mayor of Libya’s biggest port city
- The Libya Observer: Presidential Council condemns murder of Misrata mayor, says it was terrorist act
EUROPE
Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina, War Crimes Chamber
- Balkan Insight: Bosnia Arrests Wartime Commander for General’s Murder
- Balkan Insight: Bosnian Serb Ex-Soldier Charged with Wartime Rape
- Balkan Insight: Bosnian Army Ex-Soldiers Arrested for Killing 30 Serbs
- Balkan Insight: Bosnian Croat Ex-Policeman Jailed for Assaulting Boy
- Balkan Insight: Bosnian Serb Ex-Soldiers Arrested on Genocide Charges
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
- Balkan Insight: Hague Tribunal Declares ‘Mission Accomplished’
- Anadolu Agency: UN Yugoslav court to close in December
- Balkan Insight: Vojislav Seselj Acquittal: UN Court to Hear Appeal
- Balkan Insight: Prosecution Challenges Vojislav Seselj’s War Crimes Acquittal
- Balkan Insight: Vojislav Seselj ‘Slept Through’ War Crimes Appeal
Domestic Prosecutions In The Former Yugoslavia
- Balkan Insight: Serbian Trial for Croatia Massacre Blighted by Delays
- Balkan Insight: The Never-Ending War Crimes Trial of Branimir Glavas
- Balkan Insight: Kosovo Veterans Campaign Against Special Court Law
- Balkan Insight: Serbian Court Delays Srebrenica Massacre Trial
- Balkan Insight: Serbia’s War Crimes Strategy ‘Failing to Deliver’
- Balkan Insight: Kosovo Witnesses Tell Belgrade Court of Relatives’ Murders
MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA
- Middle East Monitor: Rights group: ‘Hunting down’, ‘killing’ British Daesh fighters is a war crime
- The Washington Post: Iraq declares complete victory in the war against Islamic State
- Iraqi News: Mass grave with relics of 50 people found in Nineveh’s Sinjar
- The Guardian: British troops breached Geneva conventions in Iraq, high court rules
- BBC News: Iraq hangs 38 on terrorism charges
- The New Arab: ‘Execution is not the answer’: Human rights groups condemn Iraq’s mass hangings
- Iraqi News: Official warns of IS return to border area between Salahuddin, Diyala
- Al-Jazeera: More than 9,000 killed in battle for Mosul
- The Huffington Post: Time Is Running Out For Syria’s Besieged Communities
- Reuters: France says Syria’s Assad not looking for peace, committing mass crimes
- The Intercept: Assad Agreed to Local Cease-Fires In Syria — But War Crimes Worsen In Eastern Ghouta
- Al-Jazeera.com: Saudi-led coalition air raids ‘kill 11 Yemen civilians’
- Department of Defense, From a U.S. Central Command News Release: Centcom Officials Provide Update on Recent Counterterrorism Strikes in Yemen
- BBC News: Yemen rebel missile fired at Riyadh ‘bears hallmarks’ of Iran
- The Washington Post: Source: UN: Coalition airstrikes kill 136 in Yemen in 11 days
Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
- Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia: Pre-Trial Chamber Concludes Two Days Hearings In Case 004/1
- Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia: Case 004
- The Daily Star: At STL, defense tries to paint extremist picture of self-proclaimed bomber
- The Daily Star: STL prosecution links accused to Hezbollah
Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal
- Sri Lanka Guardian Culture: Bangladesh: Gonojagoron Monch Movement: It remains in the garden of its grace
- The Economist: The battle between Bangladesh’s two begums is over
- Fazlur Rahman Raju: ‘All of them need to face justice’
- Dhaka Tribune: Trial of 195 Pakistani soldiers in limbo
- Dhaka Tribune: International Crimes Tribunal instructs submission an investigation report against Musa
War Crimes Investigations in Burma
- The Times of Israel:UN slams ‘shocking’ killing of double amputee Gazan protester
- Aljazeera: Palestinian teen in coma after shot with rubber bullet
- Gulf Times: Israeli troops kill 3 Palestinians, wound scores in protests over Jerusalem
- ReliefWeb: Coinciding with International Human Rights Day, Israeli Forces’ Kill and Injure Non-Violent Protestors of US Decision on Jerusalem
AMERICAS
- Colombia Reports: Colombia, Mexico and US vow increased cooperation against crime
- Associated Press: Citizen’s Group Seeks US Accountability for CIA Renditions
- The Guardian: Mexico: murders of women rise sharply as drug war intensifies
- Newsweek: Mexican Drug War: More than 100 Mayors Killed Sinced 2006 Because the Federal Government Abanoned Them, Data Shows
- The New York Times: Mexico Strengthens Military’s Role in Drug War, Outraging Critics
- Fox News: In rare visit, UN expert pleads with Venezuela
- DailyMail: Colombia rights activists facing danger, U.N. says
- TeleSUR: Ford Argentina Former Execs on Trial for Human Rights Crimes
TOPICS
Truth and Reconciliation Commission
- Daily Maverick: South Africa confirms withdrawal from ICC
- Human Rights Watch: Gambia: Truth Commission to Uncover Jammeh Abuses
- Al Jazeera: After a year of elections, Nepal moves closer to China
- Anadolu Agency: Germany welcomes Istanbul court ruling on reporter
- Daily Nation: Syria’s Bashar al-Assad accuses France of backing ‘terrorism’
- Dallas News: Man gets 28 years in plot to behead blogger who organized prophet Muhammad cartoon contest in Garland
- Maritime Herald: Success and Failure for Asian Pirates in November
- Port Technology: Pirates Attack Container Vessel in Gulf of Guinea
- Mfame: Greek Bulk Carrier Attacked by Pirates, 10 Crew Kidnapped
- CNN: Sexual violence widespread during Kenyan elections, report says
- Human Rights Watch: Kenya: Sexual Violence Marred Elections
- Relief Web: Human Rights Commission wants end to impunity for perpetrators of violence against South Sudanese
- Eyewitness News: [Analysis] A Chance For International Criminal Court To Fix Sex Crimes Injustice
- The Economist: What the Yugoslav war-crimes tribunal achieved
- CNN: Syria civil war: Will anyone be prosecuted for war crimes?
- The Guardian: The Observer view on the effectiveness of international law
- Miami Herald: Something’s wrong with war court prosecutor’s charges in Southeast Asia terror plots
WORTH READING
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