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Putin may not outrun the warrant for his arrest – history shows that several leaders on the run eventually face charges in court

The Russian government, U.S. President Joe Biden and mainstream Western media are among the observers who all responded to Russian President Vladimir Putin’s arrest warrant for war crimes with a shrug.

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Factbox-A look at past state leaders who faced international justice

Former Kosovo president Hashim Thaci, considered a hero by compatriots for leading the 1998-99 insurgency against Serbian rule that led to independence, will go on trial on Monday for suspected war crimes during the conflict.

Reuters

Will Putin really ever be arrested?

THE HAGUE: The International Criminal Court has taken the major step of issuing an arrest warrant for Vladimir Putin over the Ukraine war.

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Proposed Ukraine Tribunal risks justice deadlock

Two NATO powers have plans to bring Putin to justice over Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, but a different approach offers a clearer path to prosecution.

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Liberian warlord's trial concludes in Switzerland

The appeal hearings of a former Liberian rebel commander convicted of war crimes concluded on Friday in a trial that was broadened in its final stages to include crimes against humanity for the first time in Switzerland.

Reuters

Finnish appeals court begins Liberia war crime hearing

A Finnish court of appeal began on Tuesday hearing an international war crime case in which a Sierra Leonean man is charged with murders, rapes and other atrocities during the Liberian civil war between 1999 and 2003, the court said.

Reuters

France sentences Liberian rebel to life in prison for war crimes

Rights groups on Thursday lauded the conviction in Paris of former Liberian rebel commander Kunti Kamara, who was sentenced to life in prison for atrocities committed during the West African country's first civil war.

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French court convicts former Liberian rebel commander over atrocities

Kunti Kamara given life sentence for complicity in crimes against humanity

The Guardian - UK

Liberian civil war torture trial of rebel commander opens in Paris

A rebel commander during the first Liberian Civil War, Kunti Kamara goes on trial in Paris on Monday for crimes against humanity, torture, and acts of barbarity, including the enslavement of an entire community in Lofa County, northwestern Liberia.

Radio France Internationale

Former Liberian rebel charged with war crimes awaits Paris trial

Kunti Kamara charged with torture, cannibalism and complicity in crimes against humanity during civil war between 1989 and 1996

The Guardian - UK

How Dilwale Dulhaniya Le Jayenge pioneered a new genre in Indian cinema

Rasas are the mainstay of not just performing arts and mythology, but cinema too

The Hindu

Local cricket: Battle of the bats ends in a hard-fought draw

Love Lane Liverpool Competition round-up: June 25

Liverpool Echo

Scientist claims he's solved Bermuda Triangle mystery of missing planes and ships

Karl Kruszenlnicki has said all eerie goings on can be explained by human error, bad weather, heavy air and sea traffic, despite the common belief that something supernatural is to blame

Daily Mirror

Liberian accused of leading rebel army charged with U.S. immigration fraud

A Liberian man who U.S. authorities say served as general in a rebel group that sought to overthrow the West African nation's president two decades ago was arrested and charged with immigration fraud, the Justice Department said on Thursday.

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The Independent UK

Indiana candidate traded $1M lake home for garage apartment

Two southern Indiana congressional candidates switched their voter registrations from expensive homes outside the district just before launching their campaigns

The Independent UK

‘Putin is done’: US lawyer who indicted Liberian warlord Charles Taylor makes case against Russian president

‘I’ve never seen the world come together like this’, ex-UN prosecutor David Crane tells Andrew Buncombe

The Guardian - UK

Witnessing atrocities in real time in Ukraine is changing everything

Daily on-the-ground evidence makes it more straightforward for the International Criminal Court to indict Vladimir Putin with war crimes

The Philadelphia Inquirer

Federal authorities arrest accused Liberian war criminal ‘Dragon Master’ living in Philadelphia

PHILADELPHIA — A Liberian immigrant living in Philadelphia has been arrested by federal authorities and charged with fraudulently hiding his background as a high-ranking member of a rebel group — he called himself “Dragon Master” — that is accused of committing atrocities during a Liberian civil war.

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