Tag: war crimes
VIDEOS: Violent attack on Syria's Homs enters 20th day as injured journalists plead for help
Journalists trapped in the city of Homs were pleading for help getting out of the embattled Syria where dozens of people continue to die under a relentless attack by the Syrian government. Meanwhile, efforts to get Syria to halt the attack will resume at a meeting Friday, though there is little hope for success....
For better or worse, Haditha war crime rulings leaves soldiers with second thoughts
The most infamous war crime to come out of the Iraq war ended with almost a whimper. None of the Marines charged ended up facing serious punishment. Arun Rath looks at what the legal rulings mean for the soldiers on the ground and the civilians who live among them....
Aid organizations report torture a growing problem in Libya
In Libya, international groups are calling attention to what they say is a problem of torture, both by government forces and by militia forces across the country. More than a thousand people are believed to be detained by various groups....
Turks outraged over French passage of genocide law
A new bill in France makes it a crime to deny genocide in France. The Turkish government is outraged because the law also makes it a crime to deny that the Ottoman Turks massacred millions of Armenians during World War I....
Investigation finds ties between CIA, Pentagon and accused war criminal Charles Taylor
A recent investigation by the Boston Globe provides the first proof that former Liberian President Charles Taylor, who stands accused of war crimes that led to the death of more than a million people, worked for the CIA and the Pentagon during his rise to power....
VIDEO: U.S. Marines accused of urinating on bodies of dead Taliban
A video that appears to show four U.S. Marines urinating on the bodies of three dead Taliban fighters have provoked international and domestic outrage. U.S. officials have promised an investigation....
British 20-something takes to real-time tweeting of World War II
Alwyn Collinson, a 24-year-old, has taken to Twitter to mark the 72nd anniversary of World War II. For the next six years, he'll tweet multiple times a day what was happening on that day, 72 years ago....
Rwanda's President responds to genocide accusations
Paul Kagame, the President of Rwanda, briefly responded to accusations that he shot down a plane that triggered the Rwandan genocide. ...
Syrian soldiers refusing to shoot civilians executed, say reports
Accusations are emerging that Syrian Special Forces were ordered to kill any soldiers who refused to shoot civilians, but information about the conflict in Syria remains murky....
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