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Sexual assault during conflicts must be prosecuted as war crime, says expe
Updated : 4 years, 8 months ago IST
Washington [US], July 1 (ANI): On the night of March 25, 1971, the Pakistani army started the now infamous 'Operation Searchlight' in which they killed students, intellectuals, and civilians in Bangladesh. Thousands of Bengali women were raped by the Pakistani army. The idea was to brutally
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UK welcomes UN court decision to uphold Mladic's life sentence
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
London [UK], June 9 (ANI/Sputnik): UK Foreign Minister Dominic Raab on Tuesday welcomed a UN court appeal judgment upholding the life sentence against former Bosnian Serb military commander Ratko Mladic for war crimes and crimes against humanity committed in Srebrenica over two decades ago.
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Genocide conviction upheld against 'Butcher of Bosnia' Ratko Mladic
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
The Hague [Netherlands], June 9 (ANI): Former Bosnian Serb army leader Ratko Mladic, infamously known as the 'butcher of Bosnia,' will have to serve his life sentence after an appeal against his war crimes convictions was rejected on Tuesday.
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Israeli strikes in West Bank may be defined as war crimes if found discrim
Updated : 4 years, 9 months ago IST
Geneva [Switzerland], May 27 (ANI/Sputnik): UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Michelle Bachelet expressed on Thursday concerns over Israeli rocket attacks in the West Bank and noted that this could be defined as war crimes if found discriminate and disproportionate.
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Biden lifts Trump-imposed sanctions, visa restrictions on International Cr
Updated : 4 years, 11 months ago IST
Washington [US], April 3 (ANI): US has lifted sanctions and visa restrictions imposed by Donald Trump's administration on officials of the International Criminal Court (ICC), who are investigating American military and intelligence officials for potential war crimes in Afghanistan and had
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Israeli FM thanks US State Secy for support in ICC probe issue
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], February 9 (ANI/Sputnik): Israeli Foreign Minister Gabi Ashkenazi held a phone conversation with US State Secretary Antony Blinken on Monday and expressed gratitude for Washington's support of Israel in the issue related to the attempts of the International Criminal Court
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ICC probe of alleged Israel's war crimes in Palestine 'pure antisemitism',
Updated : 5 years, 1 month ago IST
Tel Aviv [Israel], February 7 (ANI/Sputnik): Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu has condemned the attempts of the International Criminal Court (ICC) to open an investigation into alleged war crimes committed by Israel in the occupied Palestinian territories and termed this behaviour "
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Need commission to probe into war crimes as peace in Afghanistan and Pakht
Updated : 5 years, 4 months ago IST
Washington [US], November 1 (ANI): Pashtun Tahafuz Movement (PTM) has demanded a 'truth and reconciliation commission' to investigate the war crimes against Pashtuns as the peace in Afghanistan and Pakhtunkhwa-Pakistan is "inextricably linked to each other".
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Trump approves economic sanctions, travel restrictions against ICC workers
Updated : 5 years, 9 months ago IST
Washington DC [USA], June 11 (ANI): US President Donald Trump on Thursday approved economic sanctions and travel restrictions against the International Criminal Court (ICC) workers involved in investigating possible war crimes, without US' consent, in Afghanistan.
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International Criminal Court allows probeinto US actions in Afghanistan
Updated : 6 years ago IST
The Hague [Netherlands], Mar 06 (ANI): The International Criminal Court (ICC) has cleared decks for its prosecutor to investigate possible war crimes committed in Afghanistan, including allegations against the United States as well as Afghan and Taliban armed fighters.
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Pakistan committing war crimes by kidnapping Baloch women: Allah Nazar Bal
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Balochistan [Pakistan], Dec 18 (ANI): Condeming Pakistan's security forces for kidnapping Baloch women from Quetta, pro-independence Baloch leader Allah Nazar Baloch has accused Islamabad of committing "war crimes".
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Editor of Bangla daily placed on 3-day remand after reporting executed lea
Updated : 6 years, 2 months ago IST
Dhaka [Bangladesh], Dec 15 (ANI): A court here has placed Abul Asad, the editor of a Bangladesh daily 'Sangram,' on a three-day remand under police custody after he described an executed opposition leader convicted for war crimes as a "martyr".
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