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Russia-Ukraine conflict

14 Apr 2022

Russia to investigate Ukraine for alleged torture of its soldiers

The Russian Investigative Committee probes country's major crimes Russians were subjected to physical violence and torture, said the committee

Ukraine-Russia War

12 Apr 2022

Ukrainian women raped at gunpoint by Russian soldiers: Reports

Russia's deputy UN ambassador denied the allegations and accused Ukraine and allies of "a clear intention to present Russian soldiers as sadists and rapists." Russia's defence ministry said Ukraine's government was being directed by the United States to sow false evidence of Russian violence against civilians

11 Apr 2022

Ukrainian mother weeps by roadside grave after finding corpse of young son

The distraught mother named Lyudmyla found the corpse of her dead son Yevhenii at a roadside grave behind a razed petrol station in Bucha.

08 Apr 2022

Russia's suspension from UNHRC a meaningful step by int'l community: Biden

The UNGA suspended Russia from the Human Rights Council in a 93-24 vote. Biden said the vote marks a meaningful step by the international community.

Russia-Ukraine war

05 Apr 2022

'Civilians were crushed by Russian tanks, women were raped in Bucha': Zelensky

Zelensky, while addressing the UN Security Council today via a translator, also gave graphic detail about alleged atrocities committed by Russian troops in Ukrainian cities, including Bucha.

Russia-Ukraine war

03 Mar 2022

ICC begins probe into Russia's ‘war crimes’ in Ukraine

The ICC prosecutor`s office said it would start collecting evidence for "any past and present allegations of war crimes, crimes against humanity or genocide committed on any part of the territory of Ukraine by any person".

10 Apr 2018

Israeli sniper kills unarmed, motionless Palestinian, video sparks outrage

The soldiers can he heard celebrating the killing of the unarmed man.

22 Nov 2017

Ratko Mladic sentenced to life for Bosnia genocide, war crimes

Former Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic was on Wednesday sentenced to life in prison.

12 Jun 2017

Israel, Palestinians have failed to prosecute war crimes: UN

Israeli and Palestinians authorities must ensure that victims of violations in their long conflict have access to justice and reparations, the report said.

12 Oct 2016

John Kerry, Sergei Lavrov to resume talks on Syria despite war crimes row

U.S. Secretary of State John Kerry will meet his Russian counterpart in Switzerland on Saturday to discuss Syria, officials said on Wednesday, as a devastating bombing campaign of the city of Aleppo intensified.

26 Sep 2016

Syria's Aleppo reels from strikes as Russia is accused of `war crimes`

Syria`s Aleppo faced worsening food and medical shortages on Monday and warplanes again pounded the city as Russia condemned what it called "unacceptable" Western rhetoric after allegations of war crimes.

25 Sep 2016

At least 26 killed in Aleppo as UN meets over Syria

At the start of that meeting the UN's top envoy to Syria accused the government of unleashing "unprecedented military violence" against civilians in Aleppo.

25 Sep 2016

War crimes committed in Syria`s Aleppo, France says at UN

France`s envoy to the United Nations asserted Sunday that war crimes were being committed in Syria`s battered city of Aleppo, as the Security Council met for urgent talks on the escalating military campaign.

10 Aug 2016

Bangladesh: Ex-MP from Jamaat-e-Islami gets death penalty for war crimes

Bangladesh has so far executed four war crimes convicts since the process began to try the top Bengali perpetrators of 1971 atrocities.

28 Jun 2016

U.N. urges Sri Lanka to rein in military, prosecute war crimes

Sri Lanka must prosecute war crimes committed during the long civil war with Tamil rebels to win the confidence of the Tamil minority.

International Criminal Court

21 Jun 2016

ICC sentences DR Congo`s Bemba to 18 years in jail for war crimes

Judges at the International Criminal Court on Tuesday sentenced former Congolese vice president Jean-Pierre Bemba to 18 years in jail for a series of brutal rapes and murders in Central African Republic over a decade ago.

05 May 2016

Bangladesh clears execution of top Islamist leader Motiur Rahman Nizami

Bangladesh's Supreme Court on Thursday upheld the death sentence of top Islamist party leader Motiur Rahman Nizami for war crimes, paving the way for his execution within days.

Vojislav Seselj

31 Mar 2016

Radical Serb leader Seselj praises `honourable` UN judges for acquittal

Radical Serb leader Vojislav Seselj on Thursday praised the "honourable and fair" UN judges who acquitted him of nine charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity.

Vojislav Seselj

31 Mar 2016

UN judges acquit Serb leader Seselj on all war crimes charges

UN judges on Thursday found radical Serb leader Vojislav Seselj not guilty on all nine charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity arising out of the 1990s Balkans wars.

Democratic Republic of Congo

22 Mar 2016

Congo ex-vice president guilty in landmark ICC war rape ruling

Democratic Republic of Congo`s Jean-Pierre Bemba became the highest-ranking politician convicted by the international war crimes court on Monday, when it judged him responsible for a campaign of rape and murder in Central African Republic.

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