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Wanted Nazi war crimes convict dies in Germany

Klaas Carel Faber was convicted in 1947 of involvement in 22 murders and for aiding the Netherlands`...

SL cautions US against imposing external solution

Sri Lanka has cautioned the US against imposing any foreign solution to the issues concerning its pe...

I have only defended my people, Mladic says at trial

If convicted, Bosnian Serb ex-army chief Gen Ratko Mladic faces a maximum sentence of life imprisonm...

First woman convicted of war crimes in Bosnia

The verdict is the first of its kind by the Bosnian war crimes court which has only indicted three w...

B`deshi tribunal indicts 1971 war crimes suspect

Chowdhury is also widely accused of running a "torture cell" at his house in the port city during t...

UN enlists Syria war crimes suspects; Russia China oppose

Opposition from Russia and China means the accused are unlikely to appear at the international war c...

UNHRC: DMK hopes PM will not go back on his promise

DMK, a key UPA ally, on Thursday hoped India would back a resolution against Sri Lanka at the UNHRC ...

UN vote on Lanka: ‘India’s new stand a body blow’

Sri Lankan media Tuesday said the country has been delivered a body blow by India which has said it ...

‘LTTE fabricated videos to gain propaganda advantage`

The government has accused the Channel 4 of running a smear campaign against Sri Lanka.

‘Govt will study draft of resolution against SL’

External Affairs Minister S M Krishna has said the government will study the draft of the resoluti...

UN vote on Sri Lanka: Tough choice for India

New Delhi is treading cautiously on the issue after its efforts to get the UN vote on Sri Lanka off ...

AIADMK unhappy with PM over Sri Lanka

Expressing her unhappiness with PM Manmohan Singh, Tamil Nadu CM J Jayalalithaa Wednesday urged the ...

UN vote on SL: ‘Need to keep implications in mind’

External Affairs Minister SM Krishna said Wednesday the government was engaged with all parties to a...

Iran calls Israel Gaza raids `war crimes`

Iran called Israel`s deadly air strikes on Gaza "war crimes" against "the defenceless Palestinian pe...

French journo killed, Syria accused of war crimes

A smiling Assad, in a dark jacket and open-necked shirt, greeted thousands of rapturous supporters i...

B`desh to set up 2nd tribunal for war crimes trial

Bangladesh will set up a second tribunal to speed up the trial of those accused of "crimes against h...

Lanka rejects demand for probe into war crimes

Sri Lanka rejected the demand for an independent probe into war crimes during the LTTE conflict.

War crime charges pressed against JI leader Azam

Jamaat-e-Islami (JI) leader Ghulam Azam was called as a "key collaborator" of the then Pakistani re...

War crimes complaint filed against Mexican Prez

Activists claimed that Felipe Calderon`s offensive against drug cartels has involved about 470 cases...

Sri Lanka takes first count of civilian war deaths

Sri Lanka said that it was counting on its own how many civilians were slain at the end of its blood...

B’desh war trial sparks rival calls for justice

Migrant families say they were targeted as outsiders during 1971 war to become the independent nat...

Bush, Blair guilty in Malaysia `war crimes trial`

The Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal found the former leaders guilty of war crimes in Iraq war.

Apologise for 1971 war crimes: Bangladesh to Pak

Bangladesh, formerly east Pakistan, was created after the Liberation War in December 1971.

Bangladesh 1971 war crimes trial begins

Sayeedi, a Jamaat-e-Islami leader is the first suspect to be charged with atrocities including geno...

War crimes prosecutor travels to Libya

Prosecutor Luis Moreno Ocampo is concerned Saif al-Islam has a fair trial in Libya.

Tribunal judges order Mladic health report

Mladic has been suffering the effect of a kidney stone, had surgery for a hernia and been hospitali...

War crimes trial `essential` for B`desh: UN chief

Visiting UN Secretary General Ban-Ki-moon supported the govt`s initiative to bring to justice those...

B`desh war crimes tribunal refuses `recusal` of its chairman

The Bangladesh war crimes tribunal has left it to its chairman the choice to continue or leave.

Sick Ratko Mladic misses court appearance

Mladic was supposed to appear today to plead on a new charge relating to the murder of 30 Muslims in...

UN concern over Nepal war crimes suspect in govt

The OHCHR also criticised the Maoists for seeking clemency for lawmaker Bal Krishna Dhungel, convict...

Tribunal to seek top B`desh Jamaat leader’s arrest

Bangladeshi authorities will seek the arrest of a top leader of the country`s largest Islamist part...

Sri Lankan panel ready with war report

The reconciliation commission studying Sri Lanka`s ethnic war and its aftermath is ready with its ...

Sri Lanka says war crimes allegations `propaganda`

Sri Lankan government forces are accused of committing atrocities against the Tamil Tigers during ...

Argentina: 12 agents get life for dirty war crimes

The verdicts were applauded by human rights activists and families of the victims.

War crimes charges filed against Lankan Prez

Ahead of Commonwealth Heads of Government Meeting in Perth, a Sri Lankan man has filed war crimes ch...

International law expert Antonio Cassese dies

Cassese was born in 1937 in Italy. The Lebanon tribunal did not release his exact age.

Canadian protesters demand Bush’s “arrest” over war crimes

Hundreds of protestors have asked the Canadian authorities to arrest former US President George W Bu...

Mladic to have one war crimes trial, not two

Ratko Mladic is accused of orchestrating the genocide of 8,000 Muslim men and boys in Srebrenica in ...

Syria rejects calls to join war crimes tribunal

Syria agreed, however, to respect freedom of expression and investigate deaths of thousands of peace...

SL war crimes panel to submit report by Nov 15

A Sri Lankan inquiry commission probing the country`s civil war with LTTE between February 2002 and...

War crime case filed against Lanka`s deputy envoy

The lawsuit would give Sri Lanka a good opportunity to tell the US court of the atrocities committed...

`Sri Lanka recalls war crimes accused diplomat`

Sri Lanka recalled its deputyambassador to Germany and Switzerland, a former general that rights gro...

Amnesty accuses anti-Gaddafi groups of war crimes

Amnesty International Tuesday accused Libya`s NTC that overthrew Moamer Gaddafi of war crimes.

Group urges independent Sri Lanka war crimes probe

Suspicions of war crimes by government forces and Tamil Tiger rebels have risen since the conflict e...

War crimes suspect pleads not guilty at UN court

Hadzic was arrested in Serbia in July and transferred to The Hague.

Bangladesh war crimes case: Judge delays hearing

The 1971 war began after tens of thousands of people were killed in the capital Dhaka.

Former Kosovo leader`s war crimes retrial opens

Haradinaj was found not guilty along with Balaj in 2008, while Brahimaj was sentenced to six years f...

US pushes Sri Lanka for credible war crimes probe

The US Friday warned Sri Lanka of a possible international enquiry if adequate steps were not taken...

US supports international role in Sri Lanka probe

The United States says it supports an international mechanism to help probe allegations of human ri...

Croatian PM hails war crimes generals

Jadranka Kosor hailed 2 ex-generals for their role in the offensive that ended 1991-95 Croatian war.

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