أرشيف الوسم : war crimes

International prosecutors on Tuesday said that despite China and Russia’s efforts to block war-crimes from Syria to be referred to the International Criminal Court (ICC), it was still possible for them to go after those responsible for the crimes. Last month, Russia and China vetoed a UN Security Council resolution which would have referred war crimes committed by both sides …

The announcement on 13 May by the International Criminal Court prosecutor that she is reopening a ‘preliminary examination’ into alleged British war crimes in Iraq seems to have taken many in the UK by surprise. But it’s less surprising to anyone who has followed the obstructive way UK authorities have handled numerous allegations of detainee abuse in Iraq. The UK …

The Syrian Army on Thursday brought to an end the siege of Aleppo central prison, which lasted for a year. According to reports, by doing so, the Syrian army has cut off a major supply route for the rebels, only two weeks before Presidential elections in the country, which President Bashar Assad is widely tipped to win. Armored vehicles and …

Russia has said that it would veto any UN resolution which would refer the Syrian conflict to the International Criminal Court if it would come to a vote in the UN Security Council, after 58 countries announced their support for such a measure. The resolution would authorize the International Criminal Court to investigate allegations made against the Syrian opposition and …

Fighting between Jihadist groups ISIL and the Al-Nusra killed 63 people in Eastern Syria on Monday despite the al-Qaeda chief’s call for a ceasefire, the Syrian Observatory for Human Rights said. The clashes between the Islamic State of Iraq and the Levant (ISIL) and the Al-Nusra Front have prompted over 60,000 people to abandon their homes in the oil-rich region. …

May 6, New York- On Monday NBC refused to accept a petition signed by more than 5,000 people calling on the network to end its involvement in the action series DIG, which will be set and shot in the Israeli-occupied Palestinian city of East Jerusalem. Representatives from Adalah-NY: The New York Campaign for the Boycott of Israel, Jewish Voice for …

Israeli organization Zochrot will release the I-Nakba phone app on the eve of Israel’s Independence Day, on 5th May at 20:00. Nakba, the Arabic word for “catastrophe”, will let users of the app locate any Arab village abandoned in the 1948 war on an interactive map, add comments, photos, and data and learn about the history of the village, including …

UN officials on Wednesday vowed to do everything they can to stop conflict-wracked South Sudan from falling into genocide, and warned all the warring factions that they will be held responsible if famine breaks out in the country. The UN High Commissioner for Human Rights Navi Pillay verbally attacked both rebel leader Riek Machar and South Sudan’s President Salva Kiir, …