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World politics
fromThe Atlantic
3 days ago

A Strongman at The Hague

Rodrigo Duterte's extrajudicial drug war killed thousands in the Philippines, but he faced crimes against humanity charges at The Hague despite maintaining a devoted following.
World news
fromwww.theguardian.com
5 days ago

El Salvador's mass arrest policy may have led to crimes against humanity, study shows

El Salvador's mass incarceration policy under President Bukele reduced violence but involved systematic human rights violations meeting criteria for crimes against humanity.
#syria
fromwww.aljazeera.com
5 days ago
World news

Five stories you may have missed amid US-Israeli war on Iran

A former Syrian colonel faces crimes against humanity charges in UK court for alleged repression of 2011 demonstrations, while Syria appoints a Kurdish YPG commander as deputy defence minister under a US-brokered reintegration agreement.
fromwww.dw.com
8 months ago
Germany news

Germany updates: Court to rule over Syrian 'torture' doctor DW 06/16/2025

The case against Syrian doctor Alaa M. highlights Germany's use of universal jurisdiction to prosecute crimes against humanity.
A verdict is awaited after the trial of Alaa M. for alleged war crimes in Syria during the Assad regime.
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
5 days ago

Five stories you may have missed amid US-Israeli war on Iran

A former Syrian colonel faces crimes against humanity charges in UK court for alleged repression of 2011 demonstrations, while Syria appoints a Kurdish YPG commander as deputy defence minister under a US-brokered reintegration agreement.
#international-criminal-court
World politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
6 days ago

Duterte's drug war faces judgement at the ICC

The ICC hearing against former Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte for crimes against humanity during the drug war represents the first significant accountability mechanism for thousands of killings denied justice domestically.
#syrian-conflict
#war-crimes-prosecution
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago
UK news

Syrian who fled to UK charged with crimes against humanity over violent crackdown

A former Syrian intelligence officer has been charged with murder and torture as crimes against humanity in England and Wales, marking the first such prosecution under the International Criminal Court Act 2001.
fromwww.bbc.com
1 week ago
UK news

Man in UK charged with crimes against humanity in Syria

A Syrian national living in the UK has been charged with murder as a crime against humanity and torture for attacks against civilians in Syria in 2011, marking the first such prosecution in the UK.
UK news
fromwww.theguardian.com
1 week ago

Syrian who fled to UK charged with crimes against humanity over violent crackdown

A former Syrian intelligence officer has been charged with murder and torture as crimes against humanity in England and Wales, marking the first such prosecution under the International Criminal Court Act 2001.
UK news
fromwww.bbc.com
1 week ago

Man in UK charged with crimes against humanity in Syria

A Syrian national living in the UK has been charged with murder as a crime against humanity and torture for attacks against civilians in Syria in 2011, marking the first such prosecution in the UK.
Women in technology
fromenglish.elpais.com
1 week ago

Malala: Reading a book alone in her room is an act of resistance for an Afghan girl'

Malala advocates for recognizing the systematic erasure of women in Afghanistan as gender apartheid, seeking legal classification during UN negotiations on crimes against humanity.
#rodrigo-duterte
#jeffrey-epstein
#extradition
Germany news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
2 months ago

Germany charges ex-Syrian prison guard over Assad-era abuses

Former Syrian security official Fahad A is charged in Germany with crimes against humanity and murder for torturing prisoners at a Damascus jail in 2011–2012.
fromwww.theguardian.com
2 months ago

Victims of Iran's 2022 crackdown file criminal complaint against 40 officials

A group of victims of the Iranian government crackdown during the Women, Life, Freedom protests in 2022 have filed the first criminal complaint against 40 named Iranian officials alleging crimes against humanity, including targeted blinding and murder. The request for a criminal investigation to be launched has been filed in Argentina by a group of Iranians with the help of the non-profit Iran Human Rights Documentation Center.
World news
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 months ago

Int'l Criminal Court says Libyan war crimes suspect now in custody

Khaled Mohamed Ali El Hishri is in ICC custody, accused of committing and overseeing murder, torture, rape, and other crimes at Mitiga Prison (2015–2020).
fromwww.dw.com
3 months ago

How the Nuremberg Trials prosecuted Nazi war criminals DW 11/20/2025

"I hereby indict the following persons for crimes against peace, war crimes and crimes against humanity: Hermann Wilhelm Goring. Rudolf Hess. Joachim von Ribbentrop..." Courtroom 600 in Nuremberg's Palace of Justice was filled to capacity as Chief Prosecutor Robert H. Jackson read out a list of names, one after the other. His list was long. The Major War Crimes Trial against 24 high-ranking representatives of the Nazi state began on November 20, 1945, in the southern German city of Nuremberg.
History
#bangladesh
fromwww.aljazeera.com
3 months ago

Prosecutors demand life as ICC prepares to sentence Sudan axe murderer'

The previous day, prosecutor Julian Nicholls had demanded the maximum penalty for the enthusiastic, energetic and effective perpetrator of abuses carried out in the western Darfur region. Prosecutors say that among his crimes, Abd-Al-Rahman killed two people with an axe. You literally have an axe murderer before you, Nicholls told the judges in The Hague, as Abd-Al-Rahman looked on. Only a life sentence will serve the interest of retribution and deterrence.
World news
#sheikh-hasina
World news
fromwww.dw.com
3 months ago

Bangladesh ex-PM Hasina guilty of crimes against humanity DW 11/17/2025

Former Bangladesh Prime Minister Sheikh Hasina faces crimes-against-humanity charges over an allegedly ordered deadly crackdown on July–August 2024 student-led protests.
World news
fromwww.independent.co.uk
4 months ago

Trial of former Congolese rebel leader Lumbala over wartime atrocities opens in Paris

Roger Lumbala, a Congolese rebel leader, is on trial in Paris for crimes against humanity from the Second Congo War and faces possible life imprisonment.
World news
fromwww.aljazeera.com
4 months ago

ICC confirms war crimes charges against Uganda's rebel leader Joseph Kony

The ICC confirmed 39 charges against Joseph Kony—including murder, rape and sexual enslavement—enabling a trial to proceed if he is captured.
Miscellaneous
fromRadioFreeEurope/RadioLiberty
4 months ago

UN Commission Accuses Russia Of New Crime Against Humanity In Ukraine

Russian forces used drones to chase, surveil, and attack civilians near the front line, causing forcible transfers and crimes against humanity across southern Ukrainian regions.
fromwww.aljazeera.com
4 months ago

Syria arrests ex-military official in charge of notorious Sednaya prison

The ministry stated that Abdullah was implicated in committing serious violations against detainees in Sednaya prison, accusing him of being directly responsible for carrying out the executions of detainees inside Sednaya military prison during his tenure as commander of the military police. The prison, outside Damascus, was one of the darkest elements of the al-Assad family rule, which ended after more than 50 years when Bashar al-Assad was overthrown by an offensive in December.
World news
#taliban
fromenglish.elpais.com
5 months ago
Women

I tried to commit suicide to avoid being stoned': How to build an accusation against the Taliban regime for its persecution of women

fromenglish.elpais.com
5 months ago
Women

I tried to commit suicide to avoid being stoned': How to build an accusation against the Taliban regime for its persecution of women

World news
fromwww.dw.com
6 months ago

Duterte ICC hearing postponed over health issues DW 09/08/2025

Rodrigo Duterte faces ICC charges of crimes against humanity for alleged mass killings during his anti-drug crackdowns; his pretrial hearing was postponed for health reasons.
World news
fromwww.dw.com
7 months ago

ICC convicts 2 over Central African Republic war crimes DW 07/24/2025

Two militia leaders in Central African Republic sentenced to 15 years for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
World politics
fromwww.theguardian.com
8 months ago

Israeli plan for forced transfer of Gaza's population a blueprint for crimes against humanity'

Israel's defense minister plans to forcibly relocate all Palestinians in Gaza to a camp, despite legal implications of committing crimes against humanity.
US politics
fromwww.aljazeera.com
8 months ago

UN rights council rejects Eritrea's bid to end human rights investigation

Eritrea's attempt to end an independent human rights investigation was rejected by the UN Human Rights Council.
Germany news
fromThe Washington Post
8 months ago

Syrian doctor gets life sentence in Germany for slayings, torture under Assad

Alaa Mousa was sentenced to life imprisonment for crimes against humanity, reflecting Germany's resolve to prosecute war crimes outside its borders.
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