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War Crimes Prosecution Watch
Volume 12 – Issue 13 |
Editor-in-Chief James Prowse Technical Editor-in-Chief Managing Editors |
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Contents
AFRICA
CENTRAL AFRICA
- Al-Jazeera: Latest CAR clashes leave 13 people dead
- allAfrica: Central African Republic: War Arrives in Bengassou
- News24: UN aid chief warns of signs of genocide in Central African Republic
- Washington Post: USAID director Green visits Darfur as U.S. considers lifting sanctions on Sudan
- News24: Sudan’s Bashir pardons top activist accused of spying
- The Telegraph: Reporters group calls for investigation after US journalist killed in South Sudan
Democratic Republic of the Congo
- New York Times: U.S. Urges U.N. to Conduct ‘Full Investigation’ Into Killings of 2 Investigators in Congo
- Aljazeera: DR Congo violence displaces 3.8 million: UN
WEST AFRICA
Lake Chad Region — Chad, Nigeria, Niger, and Cameroon
- Baptist Press : Child Suicide Bombings by Boko Haram at All-Time High
- Reuters: Suspected Boko Haram Militants Kill 15 in Cameroon
- defenceWeb: ISS: How Will ISIS Setbacks Impact Africa?
- Borneo Bulletin: Life Returns to Lake Chad Island Despite Boko Haram Threat
- BBC News: Mali Peace Deal Allows Chaos to Gain Upper Hand
- UNHCR: UN Refugee Chief Condemns Attack on Staff in Mali
- AllAfrica: Mali’s Suspended Constitutional Review Provides Vital Lessons
EAST AFRICA
- VOA News: ICRC Chief Urges Renewed Dialogue to End War in South Sudan
- DailyMail: Uganda court jails Muslim leader for life over terrorism conviction
- Human Rights Watch: Giving Voice to Victims at the ICC: Court Should Emphasize Victims’ Views in Choice of Counsel
- ReliefWeb: Who Will Stand for Us? Victims’ Legal Representation at the ICC in the Ongwen Case and Beyond
- Aljazeera: What Kenyan voters got for the $500m spent on elections
- News 24: Kenya’s election court case: what you need to know
Rwanda (International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda)
- The Hamilton Spectator: Can uneasy peace last in Rwanda?
- The New Times: Rwanda’s Paul Kagame: saviour or dictator?
- Eyewitness News: US AIR STRIKES KILL 7 AL-SHABAAB FIGHTERS IN SOMALIA – US MILITARY
- AllAfrica: Somalia: Al-Shabaab Militants Attack Key Town Near Somali Capital
- New Zealand Herald: Somali extremist group confirms killing of senior commander
- UPI: 10 civilians killed during U.S. special forces raid in Somalia: reports
NORTH AFRICA
- Time: Report: An Armed Group Is Stopping Migrants From Leaving Libya
- Bloomberg Markets: Libya Key Oil Field Pipeline Starts Again After Shutdown
- The Telegraph: Former Libyan prime minister released after being ‘kidnapped in Tripoli’
- BBC News: Why Boris Johnson feels he must fix Libya
EUROPE
Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina, War Crimes Chamber
- Balkan Insight: Bosnian Serb Policemen’s War Crimes Convictions Upheld
- Balkan Insight: Bosnian Serb Ex-Soldier Charged with Torture, Rape
- Balkan Insight: Prosecution Urges Jail for Bosniak Commander Oric
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
- Balkan Insight: UN Court Ends Case Against Serbian Radical
- Balkan Insight: Stanisic, Simatovic Retrial Resumes Before Tribunal
- Balkan Insight: Simatovic Lawyer Denies he Brought Arms to Croatian Serbs
- Balkan Insight: Simatovic Lawyer Calls Witness Claims ‘Fabricated’
- Balkan Insight: Knin Police Feared Simatovic, Witness Says
Domestic Prosecutions In The Former Yugoslavia
- Balkan Insight: Serbian Union Wants Journalists Killed in Kosovo Investigated
- Balkan Insight: Bosnia War Vicitims Condemn Acquittal of Mladic’s Helpers
- The Republic: Serb man arrested for war crimes against civilians in Kosovo
MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA
- Rudaw: Baghdad confirms abuses by Iraqi forces in Mosul campaign
- The New York Times: For a Yazidi Woman, Justice for ISIS Crimes Is Still Elusive
- Kurdistan 24: Iraqi court in Nineveh sentences four IS militants to death
- Jerusalem Online: Iranian court demands US pay $245 million to victims of chemical attacks
- Reuters: Iraq must ensure Islamic State’s victims of sexual violence see justice: U.N.
- Iraqi News: Forcible disappearance keeps 4000 Iraqis out of sight
- The Washington Times: Baghdad moves ahead on Islamic State war crimes
- Iraqi News: Iraq sentences Islamic State’s “chemical emir” to death
- The Washington Post: ‘Shocking’ conditions await civilians fleeing ISIS in Syria
- Al Jazeera: Syria: ‘This case is about saving humanity’
- Reuters: North Korea shipments to Syria chemical arms agency intercepted: U.N. report
- ABC News: Sweden suspects Syrian asylum-seeker of war crimes
- Independent: Inside Assad’s prisons: Horrors facing female inmates in Syrian jails revealed
- Bloomberg Politics: Deadly Clashes Erupt Between Yemen’s Shiite Rebels, Al Saleh
- Al-Jazeera: Rights groups demand UN probe into Yemen abuses
- Reuters: Yemen allies agree to end tensions after deadly clash: officials
Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia
- The Daily Star: Call records disprove Ayash’s hajj: STL prosecutors
- The Daily Star: Donaldson seeks to tie phones to Ayyash at STL
- The Daily Star: Victims of Hariri assassination set to testify at STL
Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal
- Dhaka Tribune: Police to submit Gulshan attack probe report on Oct 10
- Dhaka Tribune: Woman killed after gang-rape on moving bus, 5 held
War Crimes Investigations in Burma
- The Irrawaddy: Kachin Rights Group Urges End to Military-to-Military Ties with Myanmar Army
- The Star: 71 dead in Burma after militant attacks on police, border posts
- Breitbart: Violence Between Buddhists and Muslims in Myanmar/Burma Escalates Dramatically
- Xinhua Net: Israel demolishes home of Palestinian killer of policewoman
- The Jerusalem Post: COURT FREEZES LAW THAT RETROACTIVELY LEGALIZED UNAUTHORIZED SETTLER HOMES
- The New Arab: Generations of Palestinian children remain trapped in ‘ongoing cycle of violence and diminishing human rights’
- Reliefweb: Israel demolishes Palestinian schools days before reopening
- Just Security : An Update of the Israel-Palestine-International Criminal Court Timeline
AMERICAS
- Human Rights Watch: Disappearance of Protestor in Argentina
- Human Rights Watch: Brazil: Don’t Shield Soldiers in Homicide Cases
- Prensa Latina: Bolivia: Truth Commission Starts Working
- Reuters: Colombia’s 50,000 disappeared should become ‘national cause’: government
- Time: A Sri Lankan Ambassador in Latin America Is to Face War Crimes Suits
- UN News Centre: Human rights violations indicate repressive policy of Venezuelan authorities – UN report
TOPICS
Truth and Reconciliation Commission
- Daily Nation: Uganda Courts Accused of Targeting Muslims in Rulings
- Dawn: Overburdened ATCs Unable to Decide Cases within Stipulated Time Frame
- National Catholic Reporter: El Salvador’s Montano Closer to Spanish trial for ‘Terrorist Murder’ of Jesuits
- CNN: This Congressional Act Threatens US National Security
- Maritime Executive: Royal 16 Crew Member Escapes Abu Sayyaf
- Maritime Executive: The Autonomous Revolution
- Maritime Executive: Fuel Smuggling: Libya Detains 20 Filipinos
- IOL: Parliamentary committee wants more oversight on gender-based violence
- ReliefWeb: Capacity of NGOs to deliver humanitarian assistance to women and girls in Mingkaman, Nimule and Juba strengthened through workshop organized by UN Women in collaboration with Government of Japan
WORTH READING
- Caroline Davidson: Explaining Inhumanity: The Use of Crime-Definition Experts at International Criminal Courts
- Makau Mutua: Closing the ‘Impunity Gap’ and the Role of State Support for ICC
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