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Criminal complaint filed against Gotabaya Rajapaksa in Singapore for 'war
Updated : 3 years, 7 months ago IST
Singapore, July 25 (ANI): A South Africa-based rights group has submitted a criminal complaint to the Attorney General of Singapore requesting the arrest of former Sri Lankan President, Gotabaya Rajapaksa, for alleged war crimes.
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Myanmar military atrocities laid bare in gruesome footage: report
Updated : 3 years, 8 months ago IST
New York [US], July 5 (ANI): Shocking footage has recently emerged on social media of brutal killings allegedly in Myanmar's Sagaing Region where a United Nations investigator has documented apparent war crimes by the Myanmar military, according to New York-based Human Rights Watch (HRW).
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International Criminal Court deploys 42-member war crime investigating tea
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Kyiv [Ukraine], May 18 (ANI): The International Criminal Court is sending 42-member war crimes investigating team to Ukraine, the largest such deployment in its history, to look into the possible war crimes committed during the Russia-Ukraine war.
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Ahead of key UNSC meet, Ukrainian experts call for oil embargo against Rus
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Paris [France], May 11 (ANI): Ahead of the UN Security Council meeting on the humanitarian situation in Ukraine on May 12, Ukrainian experts urged countries to put pressure on Russia including an oil embargo and sanctions for the alleged war crimes.
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Syria sends letter to UN about US-led coalition's war crimes in Raqqa in 2
Updated : 3 years, 10 months ago IST
Damascus [Syria], April 19 (ANI/Sputnik): Syria sent a letter to UN Secretary General Antonio Guterres and to the UN Security Council about the war crimes of the US-led international coalition in the city of Raqqa in 2017, the Syrian Foreign Ministry said in a statement released by the state
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Over 40 civilians including children killed in Pak airstrikes in Afghanist
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Kabul [Afghanistan], April 17 (ANI): Over 40 Afghan civilians, including children, were killed after Pakistani aircraft launched airstrikes in different parts of Khost and Kunar provinces on Friday night, according to Habib Khan, a journalist and the founder of Afghan peace watch, Afghanista
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US envoy to NATO says alliance gathering evidence to hold Putin accountabl
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], April 5 (ANI): US Permanent Representative to North Atlantic Treaty Organization (NATO) Julianne Smith on Tuesday said that the military alliance is gathering evidence to hold Russian President Vladimir Putin accountable for "war crime" in Ukraine, according to a media re
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G7 leaders say will spare no efforts to hold President Putin accountable f
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Brussels [Belgium], March 25 (ANI): Leaders of the G7 countries on Friday said that they will spare no efforts to hold Russian President Vladimir Putin and the Lukashenko regime in Belarus, accountable for their aggression in Ukraine.
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Pentagon has forgotten how NATO bombed Yugoslavia, Iraq, Libya: Russian Am
Updated : 3 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], March 23 (ANI/Sputnik): Russian Ambassador to the United States Anatoly Antonov said the Pentagon has already forgotten how US and NATO planes bombed the cities of Yugoslavia, Iraq and Libya.
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UN report urges immediate intl effort to stem violence in Myanmar
Updated : 3 years, 12 months ago IST
New York [US], March 16 (ANI): The international community must take concerted, immediate measures to stem the spiral of violence in Myanmar, where the military has engaged in systematic and widespread human rights violations and abuses - some of which may amount to war crimes and crimes aga
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UK to offer support for probe on 'Russian war crimes'
Updated : 4 years ago IST
London [UK], March 13 (ANI): UK Deputy Prime Minister Dominic Raab will visit the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague on Monday to offer "practical support" from the UK for investigating alleged war crimes in Ukraine.
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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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