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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
INTERNATIONAL CRIMINAL COURT
Central African Republic & Uganda
- Yahoo News: S. Africa must Explain Failure to Arrest Bashir: Warcrimes Court
- The New York Times: Report Details New Atrocities in Darfur by Sudanese Force
- The Guardian: Sudan’s Security Forces Killed, Raped and Burned Civilians Alive, says Rights group
- JURIST: ICC asks South Africa to Explain Failure to Arrest Sudan President
- ICC/CPI: Situation in Kenya: ICC Judges Unseal an Arrest Warrant Against Paul Gicheru and Philip Kipkoech Bett
- All Africa: ICC Allows Ruto, Sang to Appeal Use of Recanted Evidence
- Times Live: Zuma blames European bombing for Libyan refugee crisis
- Daily Mail: ‘Death to espionage’: ISIS jihadis brutally murder a baker after accusing him of spying on behalf of the regime in war-torn Libya
- International Business Times: Libya: 2 Indians kidnapped in Tripoli; Isis Hand Suspected
- International Business Times: Libya: Killing of Gaddafi leaders ‘would be murder’ amid rumours of planned summary execution
- Reuters: Hague judges deny release for former Ivory Coast president Gbagbo
- All Africa: Cote d’Ivoire: Opinion – Three Concerns Ahead of Côte d’Ivoire Poll
- Reuters: One dead in protests over re-election bid of Ivory Coast president
- U.S. News & World Report: Ivory Coast: Opposition coalition says government arrested demonstrators following clashes
AFRICA
- Star Tribune: Nigeria president: Government in talks with extremists over kidnapped schoolgirls
- UN News Centre: Nigeria: UN rights expert condemns ‘heinous’ attack against displaced persons’ camp
- News24: Gunmen kill at least 5 in central Nigeria
- Source: Kidnapped Nigerian Muslim leader regains freedom
- All Africa: Africa: Time to Support African Rights Court
- ABC News: Gunmen Kill Military Police Officer in Central Mali
- Reuters: Mali Militias Withdraw From Key Town But Expand Northwards- U.N.
- News 24: Militia Withdraws From Contested Northern Mali Town
- Businenss Insider: War crimes complaint filed against Chad leader Deby
- CBS News: Defiant ex-dictator dragged into war crimes trial
- Fox News: Ex-Chad dictator on trial for war crimes says he will win case after accusations, charges read
- All Africa: Chad: The Trial of ‘Our Sonofabitch’ in Africa
- Yahoo News: 40,000 dead under Chad’s Habre an underestimate, trial told
EUROPE
Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina, War Crimes Chamber
- Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Indictment in Milan Komad Confirmedy
- Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Indictment in Radivoja Soldo Confirmed
- Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Prosecution Motion for Custody Refused and Prohibiting Measures Imposed on Suspects in the Case v. Zoran Bogdanović et al.
- Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Dževad Dulić is Acquitted of the Charges for War Crimes against Civilians
- Court of Bosnia and Herzegovina: Prosecution Motion for Custody Refused and Prohibiting Measures Imposed on Suspect Sekula Babić
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
- Institute for War & Peace Reporting: Mladic’s Wartime Driver Backs Up Alibi
- BBC News: Srebrenica Massacre: Eight Charged in Serbia’s First Court Ruling
- Institute for War & Peace Reporting: Mladic Witness Casts Doubt on Markale Attack
Domestic Prosecutions In The Former Yugoslavia
- BBC News: Eight Charged in Serbia’s First Court Ruling
- Balkan Transnational Justice: Bosnia Confirms Indictment of Srebrenica Commander Oric
- Balkan Transnational Justice: Serbia Charges Ex-Policemen with Srebrenica Killings
- Balkan Transnational Justice: Bosnian Army Soldier Acquitted of Wartime Rape
- InSerbia News: BiH Court Upholds Naser Oric Indictment
MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA
Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
- VOA: Cambodia War Crimes Court Hears Evidence in Genocide Case
- The Cambodia Daily: Defense Accuses Tribunal of Ignoring Hun Sen Evidence
- Arab News: Khmer Rouge death camp ‘held killing competitions’
Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant
- U.S. Department of Justice: Minneapolis Man Pleads Guilty to Conspiracy to Provide Material Support to ISIL
- The Associated Press: German Charged With Islamic State Membership
- The Bergen Dispatch: Fort Lee Man, 21, Conspired To Provide Material Support To Islamic State of Iraq and ISIL
- The Daily Beast: The United States of ISIS: More Popular Than Al Qaeda Ever Was
- The New York Times: Brother of San Diego ISIS Fighter Charged With Lying to FBI
- The Telegraph: US teen arrested for allegedly ‘plotting Isil-inspired attack on Pope Francis’
- Newsroom America:California Resident Pleads Guilty To Providing Material Support To ISIL
- Minnesota Public Radio:Third accused ISIS recruit expected to plead guilty
- NDTV: Hijack Feared as Malaysian Ship with Indian Crew Goes Missing in South China Sea
- IHS Maritime 360: Maritime Security: a Common Approach
- Hellenic Shipping News: ICC Commercial Crime Services: Global Reporting Mechanism Required to Curtail Piracy
- The Globe and Mail: Sudanese Forces Committed Mass Rape; Women Attacked in Hospitals: HRW
- CNN: Convert or Die: ISIS Chief’s Former Slave Says He Beat Her, Raped U.S. Hostage
- International Business Times: Inside Congo’s Rape Crisis
- International Business Times: Sexual Torture, Use of Child Soldiers Among War Crimes by LTTE, Sri Lankan Forces: UN Report
- The Guardian: Australian FGM Court Case: Girl, 11, Describes ‘Silver Tool’ Used on Her
REPORTS
