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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• All Africa: Central African Republic: Raped, Injected With Poison, Entire Family Murdered – One Woman’s Story in CAR
• Press TV: UN peacekeepers, armed men occupy schools in CAR: HRW
• Relief Web: CAR’s mutating violence threatens recent political progress

• The Guardian: Seven Dead in Worst Attack on Aid Workers Since South Sudan War Began
• Reuters: South Sudan Rebels Blame Government for Killings of Aid Workers
• Middle East Eye: Sudan’s Bashir to Attend Arab Summit in Spite of War Crimes Allegations

• New York Times: 7 Congo Army Officers Charged With War Crimes in Massacre
• International Justice Monitor: Appeals Judges Maintain Restrictions on Ntaganda’s Communications
• International Justice Monitor: Sentencing in ICC’s First Witness Tampering Trial Due Tomorrow
• International Justice Monitor: ICC Judges Hand Bemba €300,000 Fine, Defense Lawyers Get Suspended Sentences
• The Guardian: Congolese warlord sentenced over witness bribing in Hague court first
• The Globe and Mail: Congo war-crime victims win compensation in landmark ruling
• BBC: Militia fighters decapitate 40 police officers in DR Congo

• International Business Times: Key Witnesses in Laurent Gbagbo’s ICC War Crimes Trial Quizzed About Security Forces Training
• BBC: Ivory Coast’s Former First Lady Simone Gbagbo Acquitted

• The Washington Post: Attack in Central Nigeria Kills at Least 17, Official Says
• UNHCR: UNHCR Concerned About Return of Nigerian Refugees from Cameroon
• Reuters: Blasts Kill Four, Injure 18 in Northeastern Nigeria, Police Say
• United Nations Office on Drugs and Crime: Nigeria: EU, UNODC and CTED Partnership Boosts Human Rights-Compliant Measures Against Terrorism

• AfricaNews: Mali Government Sets Date for Peace Forum Amid Resistance
• ReliefWeb: Perilous Terrain: Humanitarian Action at Risk in Mali
• Al-Jazeera: Tuareg Factions to Boycott Mali Peace Conference

• Human Rights Watch: Uganda – investigation needed into violence in Kasese
• AllAfrica: The Monitor: Uganda: Activists Ask Government to Implement Anti Child Sacrifice Laws

• Bloomberg: Kenya Deploys Soldiers to Quell Clashes by Armed Herders
• Daily Nation: Kenya: Why Former ICC Prosecutor Ocampo Left Odinga Out of Case

• Associated Press: Pope Francis begs Rwandan president for forgiveness for church’s role in genocide

• Voice of America News: Somalia Asks IGAD Leaders To Help Tackle Refugee Crisis

• The New York Times: U.S. ‘Probably Had a Role’ in Mosul Deaths, Commander Says
• The New York Times: Suicide Truck Bomber Kills at Least 15 in Baghdad
• The New York Times: F.B.I. Arrests Iraqi Refugees Related to American’s Kidnapper

• The New York Times: Pentagon Releases Photo to Rebut Contention It Bombed a Mosque
• The New York Times: U.S. Military Investigating Reports of Civilian Deaths in Syria Airstrike

• Human Rights Watch: Libya: War Crimes as Benghazi Residents Flee
• Amnesty International: Evidence points to war crimes by Libyan National Army forces
• Libya Herald: UN initiates process to bring Libya human rights abusers to justice

• Balkan Insight: Bosnian Police Officials’ War Crimes Trial Opens
• Balkan Insight: Bosnian Croat Fighter Indicted for Persecution of Orasje Serbs
• Balkan Insight: Bosnian Croat Fighter Acquitted of Livno Killings
• Balkan Insight: Bosnian Serb Soldier Indicted for Rogatica Torture
• Balkan Insight: Bosnian Serb Policemen, Soldier Charged with Rogatica Attack

• Balkan Insight: Karadzic Contests Prosecution Appeal for Tougher Sentence
• Times Live: Six Bosnian Croats to appeal UN war crimes convictions
• B92 : Russians offer guarantees for Mladic ‘s release
• Balkan Insight: Bosnian Croat Ex-Military Chief Appeals for Acquittal
• Balkan Insight: Bosnian Croat Deputy Commander Denies Ethnic Cleansing
• Balkan Transitional Justice: Bosnia, Croatia Asked to Help With Payment of Hague Defendant’s €2.8m Debt
• Balkan Insight: Bosnian Croat Ex-Official Denies Mass Prisoner Abuses
• Balkan Insight: Prosecutors Demand Longer Sentences for Bosnian Croat Leaders

• Balkan Insight: Montenegrin Officer Held for War Crimes in Croatia
• Balkan Insight: Kosovo Serb Leader Asserts Innocence as Retrial Begins
• Balkan Insight: Kosovo Witnesses Recall Expulsions by Serbian Forces
• Balkan Insight: Kosovo Special War Crimes Court Adopts Rulebook
• Balkan Insight: Croatian Dam ‘Repeatedly Attacked’ During 1990s War
• Balkan Insight: Belgrade Prosecutor Demands Jail for Serb Fighters

• The New York Times: U.S. ‘Probably Had a Role’ in Mosul Deaths, Commander Says
• The New York Times: Suicide Truck Bomber Kills at Least 15 in Baghdad

• The New York Times: Pentagon Releases Photo to Rebut Contention It Bombed a Mosque
• The New York Times: U.S. Military Investigating Reports of Civilian Deaths in Syria Airstrike

• Yemen News Agency: Hundreds of thousands rally against US-Saudi war crimes, economic blockade
• Press TV: Amnesty: US, UK arms deals fueling Saudi war crimes in Yemen
• The Sydney Morning Herald: Australia selling military equipment to Saudi Arabia during brutal Yemen conflict
• Human Rights Watch: Yemen: Attack on Refugee Boat Likely War Crime

• VOA Khmer: Khmer Rouge Court Reparation Plan Sparks Criticism
• Khmer Times: UN Vows Khmer Rouge Trial Aid
• Northwest Arkansas Democrat Gazette: Khmer Rouge was left by Wayside

• The Daily Star: Platt: Activity around media tipoff no coincidence
• The Daily Star: STL defense questions covert network narrative
• The Daily Star: Defense questions accuracy of cellphone coverage maps in STL
• The Daily Star: STL defense pokes holes in Platt testimony

• bdnews24: Investigators’ statement on war crimes charges against Moosa unclear: Imran
• Dhaka Tribune: Mymensingh man first to surrender to war crimes tribunal
• Dhaka Tribune: Law minister: ICT investigating role of 195 Pakistani soldiers
• IANS Feed: Police lay siege to two militant hideous in Bangladesh

• The Independent: Burma Rohingya Muslims: UN launch investigation into claims security forces are torturing and raping minority group
• The Star: Myanmar army chief defends military campaign in Rakhine

• US News: Israel Blacklists Palestinian Fund as US Envoy Visits
• Reuters: Israeli troops kill youth in clash: Palestinian officials
• The Algemeiner: Hamas Seeks ‘Moderate’ Image as Leader Calls for Israel’s Demise
• Workers World: Protests erupt after Israel’s killing of Basil al-Araj

• Human Rights Watch: UN: New Move on North Korea Crimes
• CNN: North Korea rocket engine test: What did we learn?

• teleSUR: Guatemala Cuts Immunity to Lawmaker in Indigenous Massacre Case
• Yahoo News: Guatemala asks Interpol to watch out for war crimes suspect
• International Business Times: US War Crimes In Iraq? Russia Wants UN Meeting After Airstrike Kills 200 Civilians In Mosul
• Miami Herald: Pentagon Picks National Security Lawyer to Run Guantanamo War Court

• Human Rights Watch: Venezuela’s Human Rights Obligations under Scrutiny in Geneva
• The Republic: UN: Deaths of human rights leaders in Colombia show pattern
• Colombia Reports: Santos and FARC evaluate Colombia’s 100 days of ‘peace’
• Human Rights Watch: Colombia: Civilians Killed in Riverside Community
• Colombia Reports: Colombia’s Congress approves transitional justice system in 2nd round

• The Washington Post: Gambia to set up truth commission and offer reparations
• The Queen’s University Journal: Queen’s Truth & Reconciliation Commission Task Force reveals final report
• The Himalayan Times: Conflict victims allowed to move SC against TRC Chairman Gurung

• NPR: Germany Deports Native-Born Terrorism Suspects, In A First
• BBC: Twitter shuts 377,000 ‘terrorism’ accounts
• Reuters: Syrian negotiator puts ‘terrorism’ at center of Geneva talks
• USA Today: Facebook, Google, Twitter pressured to more to fight terrorism on platforms
• The Washington Post: Prosecutors charge man with murder as an act of terrorism in New York stabbing
• Independent: Westminster attack: Details of 82 seconds of terror revealed as victims’ inquests open
• Reuters: Seven added to U.S. terrorism list, including jailed British preacher

• The Business Times: Singapore endorses roadmap to fight piracy
• Maritime Executive: Somalia Wants More Help from NATO
• Maritime Executive: Abu Sayyaf Kidnaps Captain, Chief Engineer from Ro/Ro
• ABC News: Somali pirates seize trawler, likely for hijackings: Police
• Hellenic Shipping News: Warships from Spain, France and Italy join counter piracy patrols off Somalia

• Ghana News Agency: Traditional rulers schooled on gender-based violence
• The Huffington Post: Canada: Marilyn Gladu: Gender-Based Violence Report Will Include Suggestions on Tackling Rape Culture
• Refinery29: 5 Shocking Stories of Gender Violence In Bangladesh
• News Deeply: Surviving the Sexual Violence Crisis in South Sudan

• The New York Times: ‘You Cannot Have Peace if You Don’t Listen to Women’
• Just Security: Lenient Sentences in Int’l Criminal Court Obstruction Case Undermine Court’s Authority

• Jenia Iontcheva Turner: Defense Perspectives on Fairness and Efficiency at the International Criminal Court