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ICC must investigate Israel’s crimes against journalists

Reporters Without Borders has formally requested that the International Criminal Court prosecutor investigate the targeting of journalists in Gaza as war crimes. Targeting of journalists was “deliberate” and constitutes “war crimes,” Christophe Deloire of Reporters Without Borders said. “The Israeli authorities could not have been unaware of the presence of journalists among the civilian demonstration.” The Palestinian Journalists’ Syndicate is also forming a committee of various Palestinian media outlets to […]

today21 May 2018

International News

Sudan President Omar al-Bashir pushes for Darfur arms collection

Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir on Wednesday pressed on with a government campaign to collect arms from tribes in war-torn Darfur, where a devastating conflict has killed thousands and displaced millions. Bashir, wanted by the International Criminal Court on charges of genocide and war crimes related to the conflict in Darfur, is touring the region ahead of a US decision scheduled for 12 October on whether to permanently lift a decades-old […]

today21 September 2017

International News

Sudan’s Bashir to attend Arab summit in spite of war crimes allegations

President Omar al-Bashir will attend an Arab League summit in Amman this week, Sudan's foreign minister said on Sunday, in spite of a top rights group urging Jordan to deny him entry. Bashir is wanted by The Hague-based International Criminal Court (ICC) for genocide and war crimes he is alleged to have committed related to the conflict in war-torn Darfur. "President Omar al-Bashir will participate in the Arab summit in […]

today27 March 2017

International News

Former LRA warlord denies war crimes in ICC trial

Child soldier-turned-warlord Dominic Ongwen denied 70 charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity on Tuesday when he became the first member of Uganda's brutal Lord's Resistance Army to ever go on trial. Ongwen, 41, is also the first former child soldier to be tried by the International Criminal Court in The Hague for his role in the notorious rebel group led by the elusive Joseph Kony. "In the name […]

today6 December 2016

International News

Russia pulls out from International Criminal Court

Russian President Vladimir Putin has signed a decree to withdraw Russia from the International Criminal Court (ICC), which prosecutes war crimes, genocide and crimes against humanity. Russia in 2000 signed the Rome treaty which established the Hague-based court, but never ratified it. Putin's decree, published on the Kremlin's website on Wednesday, comes a day after the UN General Assembly's human rights committee approved a resolution condemning Russia's "temporary occupation of […]

today17 November 2016

International News

Gambia withdraws from International Criminal Court

Gambia has announced its withdrawal from the International Criminal Court, accusing the Hague-based tribunal of "persecution and humiliation of people of colour, especially Africans". Tuesday's announcement comes after similar decisions earlier this month by South Africa and Burundi to abandon the institution, set up to try the world's worst crimes. The ICC was set up in 2002 and is often accused of bias against Africa and has also struggled with […]

today26 October 2016

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