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War Crimes Prosecution Watch
Volume 12 – Issue 24 |
Editor-in-Chief James Prowse Technical Editor-in-Chief Managing Editors |
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Contents
AFRICA
CENTRAL AFRICA
- UN News Centre: Fresh violence in Central African Republic sparks ‘unprecedented’ levels of displacement
- Medecins Sans Frontieres: Central African Republic: Renewed violence threatens people and healthcare in Bria
- All Africa: Central African Republic: UN Renews Arms Embargo, Threatens More Sanctions
- The Himalayan Times: UN Condemns Violence, extends sanction on C. African Republic
- CNBC Africa: Central African Republic: Conviction of Andjilo Rodrique Ngaibona
- U.S. News: Britain Says Monitoring South Sudan Peace Violations, Eyes Penalties
- VOA: Sudan holding journalists arrested while covering protests
- VOA: UN Warns of ‘Lost Generation’ In South Sudan’s Grinding Conflict
- U.S. News: South Sudanese Rebels Demand Compensation to Release Kenyan Pilots
- African Center for Strategic Studies: Humanitarian Costs of South Sudan Conflict Continue to Escalate
Democratic Republic of the Congo
- UN News Centre: DR Congo: UN rights office urges probe into use of force against protestors, UN personnel
- Relief Web: Democratic Republic of the Congo: violence in Tanganyika and South Kivu fuels one of the world’s worst displacement crises for children — UNICEF
- DR Congo: UN chief condemns killing of ‘blue helmet,’ calls on armed groups to lay down weapons
- news24: UN probes DRC clashes that killed Burundi refugees
- VOA News: Burundi’s Human Rights Record Comes Under Critical Review by UN
- Iwacu English News: Burundi: Human Rights Watch – ‘2015 Crisis Continued Through 2017’
WEST AFRICA
Lake Chad Region — Chad, Nigeria, Niger, and Cameroon
- All Africa: Nigeria: Cameroon Conflict — the Absurd Phase of a Systemic Cruelty
- The Daily Post: BREAKING: Boko Haram hits IDP camp in Borno, may feared dead
- News 24: UN Launches Appeal for Over 200 000 Displaced by Boko Haram
- The Citizen: Amnesty says Nigerian air force killed 35 people in raids
- New Vision: Dutch commission slams military over safety standards
- Tampa Bay Times: UN urges Mali government to hold presidential vote in July
- Daily Mail: Two customs officers killed in Mali ‘jihadist’ attack
- The Washington Post: Death toll now 26 in Mali truck blast, including 4 children
- The New York Times: Ambush on Mali army camp leaves 14 soldiers and 17 attackers dead
- AFP: Suicide bomber kills four Malian soldiers
- eNews Channel Africa: Mali mayor kidnapped by armed men: family
EAST AFRICA
- The Atlantic: A Deadly Election Season in Kenya
- Human Rights Watch: Media Barred From Opposition Event: Authorities Arbitrarily Shut Down TV, Radio Coverage
Rwanda (International Criminal Tribunal for Rwanda)
- The New Times: Genocide suspect Ntaganzwa rejects lawyer
- KT Press: UN Recognizes The 1994 Genocide As Against Tutsi In Rwanda
- African Arguments: When facts cease to matter: The polarised world of Rwanda research
- All Africa: Southwest State Confirms the Death of Burhakabo Military Commander
- Middle East Monitor: 34,000 left homeless after army destroys camps
NORTH AFRICA
- The Libya Observer: Three bodies with signs of torture found in Benghazi
- Reuters: U.N. alarmed at reports of summary executions in Libya’s Benghazi
- The Libya Observer: Gun attacks in Benghazi hospitals becoming widespread
- Reuters: Toll rises to 35 in car bombing outside Benghazi mosque
- The Libya Observer: Terror cell working for Dignity Operation captured with explosives in Derna
EUROPE
Court of Bosnia & Herzegovina, War Crimes Chamber
International Criminal Tribunal for the Former Yugoslavia
- Balkan Insight: Belgrade ‘Supported Creation of Bosnian Serb State’
- Balkan Insight: Kosovo’s Only Hague Tribunal Convict Dies
Domestic Prosecutions In The Former Yugoslavia
- Balkan Insight: Kosovo Holding Own People ‘Hostage’: EU Official
- Balkan Insight: Croatian Serb Policemen Accused of Raping Roma Women
- Balkan Insight: Balkan States ‘Expected to Sign Truth Commission Agreement’
- Balkan Insight: Kosovo Urges Wartime Rape Survivors to Register
- Balkan Insight: Croatian Court Rejects War Criminal Mercep’s Appeal
MIDDLE EAST AND ASIA
- Arab News: Iraqi court sentences to death German woman who joined Daesh
- CNN: Iraq officials say six police, two others killed in coalition operation
- Iraqi News: Iraqi forces arrest Islamic State informant in Mosul
- Iraqi News: Iraqi troops thwart Islamic State plot to launch terrorist attacks in Baghdad
- Egypt Independent: ‘Islamic State’ sleeper cells spread fear in Iraq’s Hawija
- Iraqi News: Two Islamic State suicide bombers killed in Kirkuk military operation
- Iraqi News: Iraqi troops finds grave of 8 executed by IS in Mosul
- Reuters: Exclusive: Tests link Syrian government stockpile to largest sarin attack – sources
- The Washington Post: Turkey launches airstrikes in Syria against U.S.-backed Kurdish fighters
- The New York Times: U.S. Accuses Syria of New Chemical Weapons Use
- Reuters: Nine killed in Saudi-led airstrike in Yemen: residents
- FoxNews: Yemeni Officials say heavy fighting in Taiz kills 48
- Reuters: Ten dead as rival Yemenis battle for control of Aden
- The Washington Post: The Latest: Islamic militants kill 12 troops in south Yemen
- The New York Times: Saudi-Backed Coalition in Yemen Upended in Deadly Factional Fighting
Bangladesh International Crimes Tribunal
- bdnews24: Court defers framing of charges against 17 war-crime suspects
- Just Security : What Should the International Community Do to Address Impunity in Bangladesh?
War Crimes Investigations in Burma
- The Irrawaddy: Scandal-hit Thai Temple Helps to Stage Mass Buddhist Event in Myanmar
- Open Democracy: What’s attracting women to Myanmar’s Buddhist nationalist movement?
- Boston Globe: Israel says it killed Palestinian sought in settler slaying
- Yeni Safak: Israel detains 53 Palestinians in West Bank raids
- Aljazeera: Israeli army shoots dead Palestinian teen in West Bank
- Aljazeera: Israel’s Shin Bet to face first-ever torture probe
- Human Rights Watch: Kabul Hotel Attack a War Crime
- The Washington Post: Islamic State attacks Save the Children charity in Afghanistan
AMERICAS
- Coalition for the International Criminal Court: Judges sworn in to Colombian war crimes court
- Human Rights Watch: As Perverse as it Gets in Venezuela
- NPR: A FARC Rebel Commander Runs For President. Many Colombians Aren’t Ready To Forgive.
TOPICS
Truth and Reconciliation Commission
- Daily Maverick: Truth seeking must continue to define our South African landscape
- Bulawayo 24 News: To hell with your National Peace and Healing Commission Mnangagwa – MRP President.
- The Chronicle: National Peace and Reconciliation Commission to start public hearings
- CBS News: At Least 95 Killed, 150 Wounded in Car Bombing in Afghan Capital
- BBC News: Turkey court orders release of Amnesty head Taner Kilic
- MWC News: Two sentenced to death in Bahrain’s mass trial
- Times of India: 41 Somali pirates finally sent home in special chartered flight
- Shephard Press Limited: ADECS 2018: Piracy report released
- Maritime Executive: Guards Repel Pirate Attack on Cement Carrier
- The Libya Observer: Our Man in Benghazi
- Just Security: What Should the International Community Do to Address Impunity in Bangladesh?
WORTH READING
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