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# Crimes Against Humanity

This week
26th March 2023 - 31st March 2023
# Crimes Against Humanity
UN investigation finds migrants stuck in Libya are being tortured and forced into sex slavery
Nearly all the survivors interviewed did not lodge official complaints out of fear of reprisals, arrest, and extortion.
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THE MORNING LEAD
Evidence of rape by Russian soldiers in Ukraine mounts as ICC investigates war crimes
A report by
Lauren Boland
A growing number of women have shared testimony of being sexually assaulted during the war.
Evidence of rape by Russian soldiers is mounting in Ukraine, Lauren Boland reports.
A growing number of women have shared testimony of being sexually assaulted during the war.
The International Criminal Court is investigating suspected war crimes.
Joe Biden accuses Putin's forces of 'genocide' in Ukraine for the first time
Analysis: Under international law, is Putin criminally liable for his invasion of Ukraine?
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# Crimes Against Humanity
US deports 95-year-old former Nazi concentration camp guard to Germany
His deportation was first ordered by an immigration judge last year.
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Feb 20th 2021, 6:57 PM
# Crimes Against Humanity
Vogue says biker shorts are cool wear to the club and we say no they are not
This is not fashion, darling.
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May 25th 2018, 8:00 PM
# Crimes Against Humanity
UN probe video of apparent slave auction in Libya
A video showing the apparent trade surfaced last week.
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Nov 20th 2017, 10:30 PM
Voices
Opinion: The threat of Ebola and the 'Responsibility to Protect'
The international community is pouring its efforts into containing the criminal militancy of Isis, but we should turn our attention to funding Ebola emergency relief.
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Oct 1st 2014, 1:15 PM
# Genocide
Khmer Rouge leaders found guilty of crimes against humanity
Khieu Samphan and Nuon Chea were charged with crimes against humanity, genocide, religious persecution, homicide and torture.
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Aug 7th 2014, 6:45 AM
# North Korea
UN declares North Korea's crimes on par with Nazism, apartheid and Khmer Rouge
The head of a UN inquiry has condemned North Korea’s extensive human rights abuses – including extermination, enslavement and sexual violence.
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Mar 17th 2014, 5:02 PM
# human rights violation
Starvation, enslaving and exterminating: that's what the UN found in North Korea
The UN says North Korea should face the International Criminal Court over crimes against humanity.
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Feb 17th 2014, 4:09 PM
# Asia
Victims demand apology from Japanese mayor over wartime sex slaves remark
Up to 200,000 women from Korea, China, the Philippines and elsewhere were forcibly drafted into brothels catering to the Japanese military in territories occupied by Japan during WWII.
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May 15th 2013, 9:11 AM
Voices
Sitdown Sunday: 7 deadly reads
The very best of the week’s writing from around the web…
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Jun 3rd 2012, 11:00 AM
Evening Wrap
The 5 at 5 5 minutes, 5 stories, 5 o’clock.
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May 16th 2012, 4:55 PM
# Charles Taylor
Prosecution wants 80 years for Charles Taylor
Prosecutors say that Charles Taylor deserves an 80-year sentence for the war crimes he was convicted of last week, including aiding and abetting murder and rape on a mass scale.
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May 3rd 2012, 10:03 PM
# Kenya
Crimes against humanity charges brought against Kenyan presidential candidates
The men have been ordered to stand trial over post-election violence in 2007 and 2008.
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Jan 24th 2012, 9:48 AM
# Khmer Rouge
Pol Pot's deputy tells court: Khmer Rouge 'were not bad people'
Nuon Chea, on trial for genocide, today denied responsibility for the mass killings of his fellow Cambodians – blaming their deaths on neighbouring Vietnam.
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Dec 5th 2011, 2:43 PM
# Gaddafi
Gaddafi's son will be tried in Libya, says interim government
The International Criminal Court’s chief prosecutor says he wants to ensure Gaddafi will get a fair trial if tried in Libya.
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Nov 20th 2011, 2:10 PM
# Argentina
Argentina's Angel of Death sentenced to life in prison over 'dirty war' crimes
The former navy spy is one of a dozen former officers jailed for life over crimes committed during military junta of the 70s and 80s.
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Oct 27th 2011, 9:49 AM
# Bosnian War
Dutch state found responsible for three Srebrenica deaths
In a groundbreaking ruling, the Dutch state has been found responsible for the deaths of three Bosnian Muslim men during the bloody Srebrenica massacre of 1995 – which saw 8,000 Muslim men and boys killed by Serb forces.
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Jul 5th 2011, 12:48 PM
# Libya
ICC issues warrants for Gaddafi and son
The Hague-based court also issued a warrant for the arrest of Libyan intelligence chief Abdullah al-Sanoussi.
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Jun 27th 2011, 12:58 PM
# Libya
UN votes to impose sanctions on Gaddafi
The United Nations votes for sanctions and to refer the Libyan leader to the International Criminal Court to face a charge of possible crimes against humanity.
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Feb 27th 2011, 10:34 AM
# War Cimes Trial
Former DR Congo leader on trial for war crimes
Jean-Pierre Bemba faces charges of murder, rape and pillage during the most important trial at the International Criminal Court to date.
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Nov 22nd 2010, 4:57 PM