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Bangladesh SC upholds life term for Jamaat-e-Islami leader over war crimes
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], May 15 (ANI): Bangladesh's Supreme Court on Monday upheld a life sentence for Jamaat-e-Islami leader Delwar Hossain Sayeedi for crimes against humanity during the 1971 Liberation War and siding with Pakistan.
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Hekmatyar should be held accountable for war crimes: HRW
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], May 6 (ANI): The Human Rights Watch (HRW) has said Gulbuddin Hekmatyar, infamous as the 'butcher of Kabul', should be held accountable for his crimes during the Afghan civil war.
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Candlelight vigil to be held in Washington for war crime victims in Baloch
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Washington D C [United States], Apr.7 (ANI):The pro-independence American Friends of Balochistan (AFB) will hold a candlelight vigil for victims of Pakistan crimes against humanity in Balochistan at Dupont Circle in Washington D C on the evening of April 13.
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Investigators begin war crimes enquiry against Bangladesh businessman Moos
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Mar. 29 (ANI): Investigators in Bangladesh have started preliminary investigation against controversial businessman Moosa Bin Shamser after they received information that he had committed crimes during the 1971 war.
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UN, donors need to back accountability from Nepal on civil war crimes, say
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [United States], Feb.4 (ANI): The mandates of the Truth and Reconciliation Commission (TRC) and the Commission on Investigation of Disappeared Persons (COID) should be extended indefinitely to ensure that justice, accountability, and reparations are achieved for the thousands of vic
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Ex-warlord Faryadi regrets committing war crimes in Afghanistan
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Dec. 27 (ANI): Former warlord and Hizb-e-Islami commander Zardad Faryadi has said he regrets his actions during the Afghan civil war, adding that he is ready to appear in a court of justice.
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Trump must pressure UN to drop war crime charges against Lanka, says Presi
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Colombo [Sri Lanka], Nov.27 (ANI); Sri Lanka's President Maithripala Sirisena has asked U.S. president elect Donald Trump to put pressure on the UN Human Rights Council to drop war crimes allegations against his country's troops.
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Hekmatyar refuses to apologize over war crime allegations
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], Nov. 16 (ANI): Hezb-e-Islami terrorist group leader Gulbuddin Hekmatyar has refused to apologize over war crime allegations as efforts are underway to remove his name from the United Nations sanctions committee following the conclusion of a peace deal with the Afghan Gov
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British lawmaker comes down heavily on Pak, JEI for atrocities in Banglade
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], Oct. 27 (ANI): Dr. Charles Tannock, Member of the European Parliament (MEP) for the United Kingdom (U.K.) and Conservative Party's spokesman for Foreign Affairs, has criticised Pakistan and the Jamaat-e-Islami (JEI) for their role in the atrocities committed in 1971-
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Human Rights Watch asks Bangladesh to end arbitrary and secret arrests
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
New York [United States], Oct. 13 (ANI): Human Rights Watch said Wednesday that Bangladesh should immediately release three children of opposition leaders convicted of war crimes who have been illegally detained since August this year.
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Russia terms UK foreign secretary's comments "Russophobic hyster
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
London [UK], Oct. 12 (ANI): Coming down heavily on British Foreign Secretary Boris Johnson, Russia said Wednesday that his comments calling for investigating Moscow for war crimes in Aleppo were "Russophobic hysteria".
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Hold Pakistan accountable for war crimes, say Hague-based Baloch activists
Updated : 8 years, 6 months ago IST
The Hague [The Netherlands], Oct. 12 (ANI): Demanding freedom for Balochistan, pro-independence Baloch activists took to the streets in The Hague in the Netherlands recently.
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