crimes against humanity

According to the South Sudan documents unspeakable cruelty and United Nations inquiry into allegations of human rights violations and abuses committed during the ongoing conflict has concluded that some of the violations may amount to crimes against humanity and war crimes. It is not just limited to ...

Reynaldo Bignone was the last leader of Argentina's dictatorship of 1976 to 1983. He died in prison, aged 90, while serving a number of sentences for crimes against humanity. These included the abduction of babies from alleged dissidents and the murder of dozens of purported subversives.

The NFP says the listeriosis outbreak proves its contention that genetically modified chickens are poisonous. File picture: Pixabay. Durban - The National Freedom Party says it is deeply concerned over the outbreak of Listeria, which has been tracked to Enterprise Foods and Rainbow Chicken. The party ...

Investigators from the UN Commission on Human Rights in South Sudan reported to the Human Rights Council in Geneva that more than 40 senior military officers and officials, including three state governors, should be prosecuted on charges of war crimes and crimes against humanity. Henry Srebrnik is a ...

"What we are seeing in Eastern Ghouta and elsewhere in Syria are likely war crimes and potentially crimes against humanity," he said. "Syria must be referred to the International Criminal Court. Attempts to thwart justice and shield these criminals are disgraceful." He warned that those responsible for the ...

Philippine President Rodrigo Duterte has ordered the country's police and soldiers to avoid cooperating in investigations into his controversial war on drugs. Duterte has faced international condemnation for his brutal zero-tolerance policy toward drug users and dealers. The International Criminal Court ...

"The use and threat of nuclear weapons violate the principles of the United Nations Charter and represent a crime against humanity," Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza has told the United Nations in Geneva. Speaking at the Ministerial Session of the Conference on Disarmament of Nuclear ...

South Korean President Moon Jae-in described Japan's wartime use of “comfort women” as “crimes against humanity” on Thursday in some of his strongest comments yet, sparking an immediate protest from his key ally in containing North Korea. Moon said during a speech marking a national holiday ...

Venezuela's Arreaza Denounced Nuclear Arms as 'Crime Against Humanity' at UN ... "The use and threat of nuclear weapons violate the principles of the United Nations Charter and represent a crime against humanity," Venezuelan Foreign Minister Jorge Arreaza has told the United Nations in Geneva.

Yet the Indonesian despot, who ruled for over 30 years, was never charged for crimes against humanity. He lived out his remaining days in luxury, while protected by soldiers and politicians. The US had orchestrated Suharto's genocidal takeover (1965-66), as hundreds of thousands of Indonesians were ...

A wave of brutal crackdowns on LGBT communities in the post-Soviet space has exposed civil society's shortcomings — and destroyed lives. Illustration: Anastasia Vikulova. Every day, before leaving the house, Milan zips his jacket all the way up to his chin. He puts on his sunglasses, hat and earphones ...

President Trump's willful neglect of the vast humanitarian crises that now abound — the worst since World War Two — is a crime against humanity. ... Many of the man-made crimes against humanity are the product of extreme violence and grand corruption — corruption, which according to the International ...

President Trump's willful neglect of the vast humanitarian crises that now abound – the worst since World War Two – is a crime against humanity. These crises have been building for years. To be fair, this isn't just about Trump. There has been insufficient leadership by the U.S. Clinton, Bush and Obama ...

Prosecutor Fatou Bensouda said the examination was a review of whether crimes against humanity had been committed and whether the Hague-based court might have jurisdiction to eventually bring suspects to trial. About 4,000 mostly urban poor Filipinos have been killed by police in the past 19 months ...

But Roque dismissed the ICC process as "a waste of time", and argued that the Philippines' war on drugs cannot be considered as a "crime against humanity", because it is a "legitimate police operation" to protect the state. He also said the Philippine courts are capable of undertaking the complaints, ...

But Roque dismissed the ICC process as "a waste of time", and argued that the Philippines' war on drugs cannot be considered as a "crime against humanity", because it is a "legitimate police operation" to protect the state. He also said the Philippine courts are capable of undertaking the complaints, ...

Qatar's emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani has decried relentless regime attacks on Syria's Damascus suburb of Eastern Ghouta as "crimes against humanity". "Regardless of political differences, what is going on in Eastern Ghouta is a crime against humanity," Tamim said on Twitter on Saturday.

Qatar's Emir Sheikh Tamim bin Hamad Al Thani, has characterised the latest intensive bombardment of Syria's Eastern Ghouta as a "crime against humanity". In a comment posted on his official Twitter page on Saturday, Sheikh Tamim said protecting civilian lives in the opposition-held enclave "remains the ...

A United Nations inquiry into allegations of human rights violations and abuses committed during the ongoing conflict in South Sudan has concluded that some of the violations may amount to crimes against humanity and war crimes. Since conflict erupted in the world's youngest nation in 2013, over four ...