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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• UN News Centre: UN condemns threats by armed group against civilians, peacekeepers
• SAllAfrica: CAR Rebels Face Prosecution for War Crimes
• Anadolu Agency: UN condemns killing of peacekeeper in Central Africa

• Al Jazeera: Sudan’s Omar al-Bashir Pardons 259 Rebels
• International Business Times: Japan Ends Peacekeeping Mission in War-torn South Sudan
• Philadelphia Media Network: UN Expert Warns of South Sudan ‘Population Engineering’

• International Justice Monitor: Five Victims Present Views to Judges in Ntaganda Trial
• International Justice Monitor: Judges Decline Ntaganda’s Request for Judicial Site Visit to Congo
• International Justice Monitor: Legality of Communication Intercepts in the Spotlight at the ICC

• International Business Times: War Crimes Trial of Ivory Coast’s Former First Lady Simone Gbagbo Hits Wall Again

• Bloomberg: Boko Haram Caused $9 Billion Damage in Nigeria’s North, UN Says
• The Africa Report: EU Border Management Agency to Set Up African Base In Niger to Tackle Migration Crisis
• Voice of America: Diplomat: Women Bear Brunt of Suffering From Boko Haram
• Reuters: How to Tackle the Humanitarian Crisis in Boko Haram-Hit Lake Chad Region
• Reuters: Hundreds of Thousands of Nigerians Trapped by Conflict: MSF

• AllAfrica: Mali: Soldiers Killed in Attack As Violence Surges
• UN News Centre: Mali: UN Expert Calls For Stronger Protection of Civilians Amid Ongoing Violence
• PressTV: Two Soldiers, Two Civilians Killed in Militant Attack in Mali”s Restive North

• International Business Times: International court is not targeting Africans its leader tells Ugandan President Museveni
• ReliefWeb: A total absence of law
• AllAfrica: Uganda: Ongwen Trial — Defence Lawyer, Witness Spar
• Amnesty International:Uganda: Ruling against journalist’s attacker a rare victory for press freedom
• Anadolu Agency: Uganda slaps 92 new charges on former rebel commander

• Daily Nation: Kenya: We’ve to Shut Dadaab for Security, Uhuru Kenyatta Tells UN
• The Independent: Kenyan politician claims drive to evict white landowners is ‘third world war’
• Times Live: 13 killed in Kenya in drought-related violence

• The New Times: Rwanda, Mali to bolster bilateral judicial ties
• All Africa: Rwanda Genocide Blogger Goes On Trial

• Garowe Online: Gunmen kill official in the capital Mogadishu
• VOA: Somaliland Opens 30-year-old Mass Graves From Civil War
• CBS News: Mogadishu hotel hit by “bloodthirsty” suicide bomber in Somalia

• The New York Times: Libya Militias Who Seized Oil Terminals Aim to Take Benghazi
• The New York Times: Fighting Between Libyan Smugglers Kills 22 Migrants: IOM
• The New York Times: EU Concern Over Libya Immigration Grows Along With Arrival Numbers
• The New York Times: Exclusive: Russian Private Security Firm Says It Had Armed Men in East Libya
• The New York Times : Forces Loyal to Libyan General Retake Oil Installations

• The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Trial Verdict in the case v. Nihad Bojadžić revoked in the convicting part and partially in the acquitting part
• Balkan Insight: Bosnian Soldier Jailed for Murder, Torture, Mutilation
• The Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Edin Sakoč sentenced to 7 years in prison
• Just Security: Some Realities Behind the Application for Revision Concerning Bosnia and Herzegovina v. Serbia
• Balkan Insight: Bosnia Accused of Failing Wartime Rape Victims

• United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia: Appeal hearing in the Prlić et al. case to begin on 20 March 2017
• United Nations International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia: Prosecutor Serge Brammertz on mission to Zagreb
• Europe Online Magazine: BACKGROUND The Srebrenica massacre and its legal aftermath

• Balkan Insight: France Delays Extradition Ruling on Kosovo’s Haradinaj Again
• Business Insider: Prosecutors to investigate Bosnian lawyer in failed genocide case
• Balkan Insight: Balkan Leaders ‘Backsliding on Post-War Justice’

• Middle East Monitor: Daesh leader has fled Mosul, now hiding in Iraq desert
• The New York Times: ISIS Leaders Are Fleeing Raqqa, U.S. Military Says
• Reuters: Turkish jets strike PKK targets after deadly militant attack
• The New York Times: Suicide Bombers Kill Dozens at Wedding Party in Iraq
• Reuters: At least 40 killed in Damascus bombing targeting Shi’ites

• The New York Times: Russian Airstrike in Syria Hits U.S. Allies by Mistake
• The New York Times: Turkey Halts Mercy Corps, Charity That Aids Over 500,000 Syrians a Month
• The New York Times: U.S. Is Sending 400 More Troops to Syria
• The New York Times: For Children Caught in Syria’s War, 2016 Was Worst Year Yet, U.N. Says

• The Washington Post: Yemen officials see latest US strikes as sustained operation
• Reuters: Two children killed in Yemen drone strike: residents
• Washington Post: Trump administration looks to resume Saudi arms sale criticized as endangering civilians in Yemen
• New York Times: Yemen Market Airstrike Kills at Least 16 People

• Investvine: Cambodia Irate Over US Demand To Repay $500 Million “War Debt”

• The Daily Star: Platt focuses on call patterns, STL secret witness speaks
• The Daily Star: STL tackles Syria involvement in Hariri assassination
• The Daily Star: Platt: Hariri watched by hit group two days before killing
• The Daily Star: STL witness details van’s movement on day of Hariri murder
• The Daily Star: Red lines went dark after Hariri killing: Platt

• Amnesty International: Bangladesh: Man Released From Long Secret Detention
• Dhaka Tribune: Five war crimes suspects detained in Khulna
• BDNews 24: War crimes tribunal concludes trial of two men from Kishoreganj

• BBC: Myanmar rebel clashes in Kokang leave 30 dead
• Asian Correspondent: Rule of law in Burma faces another test as violence rattles northeast
• Reuters: Relief camp in China swells as thousands flee conflict in Myanmar
• The Independent: Burmese government may be trying to ‘expel’ all Rohingya Muslins, UN special rapporteur warns

• The Jerusalem Post: ‘SETTLEMENTS LAW COULD OPEN ISRAELIS TO WAR CRIMES PROSECUTION’
• The Jewish Chronicle: Israeli lawyer takes war crimes case against former Hamas chief to ICC
• The Algemeiner: Hezbollah Continues Recruiting Palestinians to Kill Israelis

• Human Rights Watch: North Korea: Crimes Against Humanity Demand Justice
• ABC News: UN report shows North Korea using Africa to slip sanctions

• Ottawa Citizen: Luciuk: Chrystia Freeland has nothing to be ashamed of about her grandfather’s ‘Nazi’ ties
• StarTribune: Polish court issues arrest warrant for Minnesota man in Nazi case
• Associated Press: Guatemala high court lifts immunity of presidential adviser

• The Rafu Shimpo: Public Hearing Set for Japanese Peruvians Interned During WWII
• Sputnik International: ‘Dirty War’ Torture and Murder Trial in Argentina Heads for ‘Historic’ Verdict

• News Ghana: South Africa’s apartheid victims demand reparations
• allAfrica.com: Zimbabwe: Committees to Gather Views On Peace Bill
• allAfrica.com: Liberia: Who Accounts for Atrocities?

• Newsday: Lawyer tells judge he set up fake Facebook account for known terrorist
• The New York Times: Germany Arrests 2 Syrians on Terrorism Charges
• The Telegraph: Ukraine sues Russia in International Court of Justice for ‘financing terrorism’
• Voice of America: Spike in Global Human Rights Abuses Linked to Terrorism, Populism
• The Guardian: UK can strip terror suspects of citizenship, European judges rule
• Reuters: China’s Xinjiang offers leniency for ‘terrorists’ who turn themselves in
• The Guardian: Four Jailed in Germany for Forming Far-right Terrorist Group
• Fox News: Huge cache of weapons destined for terrorist groups seized in Spain

• Vn Express: Second Vietnamese sailor likely killed in pirate attack
• Maritime Executive: Nigerian Pirates Release BBC Caribbean Crewmembers
• Maritime Executive: Vietnamese Freighter Evades Pirates Off Sabah
• Maritime Executive: Abu Sayyaf Kills Abducted Vietnamese Seafarer
• Maritime Executive: Somali Pirates Claim to be Fishermen

• ReliefWeb: Why should we address sexual violence in humanitarian workplaces?
• Green Left Weekly: Palestinian women bear occupation’s brunt
• The Daily Star: The economic impact of gender based violence
• Telesur: Jamaica’s Tambourine Army Fights Gender Violence, Rape Culture

• Gulf News: War crimes in Syria must be accounted for

• Elizabeth Leiserson: Securing the Borders Against Syrian Refugees: When Non-Admission Means Return