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UN says it has credible reports of Russian use of cluster bombs in Ukraine
Updated : 4 years ago IST
New York [US], March 12 (ANI): The UN human rights office has said that it had received "credible reports" of several cases of Russian forces using cluster bombs in Ukraine, adding that indiscriminate use of such weapons might amount to war crimes.
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US has 'very credible' reports of war crimes in Ukraine, possibility of ba
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 6 (ANI): US Secretary of State Antony Blinken, on Sunday (local time) said that US has "very credible" reports of war crimes in Ukraine adding that US along with its EU allies is looking into the possibility of banning Russian oil imports and put pressure on Russia.
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US in Kyiv calls Russia's shelling at Zaporizhzhia nuclear plant a 'war cr
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Kyiv [Ukraine], March 4 (ANI): US Embassy in Kyiv on Friday (local time) said that Russia's shelling of Ukraine's Zaporizhzhia Nuclear Power Plant (NPP) is a "war crime".
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'Too early to say' if Russia committing war crimes, says Biden
Updated : 4 years ago IST
Washington [US], March 2 (ANI): US President Joe Biden said Wednesday that Russia is targeting civilians, but it's "too early to say" if it's committing war crimes.
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NRF denounces Taliban for war crimes, lambasts on int'l community over bei
Updated : 4 years, 1 month ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], January 30 (ANI): The National Resistance Force (NRF) denounced the Taliban for war crimes and atrocities it committed against Afghan citizens. It also lambasted the international community for being a mute spectator of the Taliban's brutal acts.
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The Hague Conference demands unconditional apology from Pakistan for 1971
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
The Hague [Netherlands], December 2 (ANI): An international conference in The Hague, known as the city of Justice, demanded of the international community to recognise the 1971 Genocide in Bangladesh committed by Pakistan soldiers.
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Over 50 terrorist groups recruiting, using children for terrorism, despite
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 27 (ANI): As the exploitation of youth by armed groups remains extensive in countries affected by violent extremism, even though it is a war crime for any armed group to recruit or use children under the age of 15. At least 58 non-state armed groups in 15 countries
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Netherlands: European B'desh Forum to organize conference on 1971 Pak war
Updated : 4 years, 3 months ago IST
The Hague [Netherlands], November 23 (ANI): European Bangladesh Forum, a platform of Bangladeshi European is set to organize an international conference on November 30 in the Netherlands to commemorate the victims of the 1971 Genocide in Bangladesh committed by the Pakistan military.
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US covered up Baghuz airstrike that killed dozens of civilians in Syria
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 14 (ANI): The United States covered up the 2019 Baghuz airstrike that killed dozens of civilians in Syria, a possible war crime, during the battle against the Islamic State, according to the New York Times.
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German court sentences IS bride to 10 years in prison over war crime
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Munich [Germany], October 26 (ANI): A German woman who had joined the Islamic State group in 2013, was sentenced to ten years in prison over a war crime by a Munich court on Monday.
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Forces loyal to Myanmar's Junta 'torch church, homes' in Chin State
Updated : 4 years, 4 months ago IST
Naypyitaw [Myanmar], October 15 (ANI): Troops loyal to Myanmar's junta have torched an entire village -- including a Baptist church and a dozen other buildings--in the country's embattled Chin state, residents said on Thursday, prompting condemnation from a local human rights group which cal
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War crimes in Libya committed by all parties to conflict: UN
Updated : 4 years, 5 months ago IST
Tripoli [Libya], October 4 (ANI/Sputnik): War crimes and crimes against humanity have been committed in Libya by all parties to the conflict, including foreign mercenaries, according to the report by the United Nations Independent Fact-Finding Mission on Libya, published on Monday.
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