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65 years on, Belgium edges closer to trial over Lumumba’s assassination

Sixty-five years after the 1961 assassination of Patrice Lumumba, a key figure in the Congolese independence movement, the Belgian federal prosecutor’s office hopes that a trial may finally take place – possibly in 2026 – as part of the investigation into “war crimes” opened in Belgium, the former colonial power.

Radio France Internationale

Takeaways from AP report on accusation that Wagner commits war crimes by promoting atrocities

The International Criminal Court has been asked to review a confidential legal report asserting that the Russia-linked Wagner group has committed war crimes by spreading images of apparent atrocities in West Africa on social media

The Independent UK

A confidential brief to the ICC accuses Russia-linked Wagner of promoting atrocities in West Africa

The International Criminal Court is reviewing a confidential legal report asserting that the Russia-linked Wagner group has committed war crimes by spreading images of apparent atrocities in West Africa on social media

The Independent UK

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Iran and Israel trade missile strikes as no sign of diplomatic breakthrough

Iran’s foreign minister said he would not negotiate with the US as long as Israel continued to carry out airstrikes against the country

The Independent UK

A Ukranian writer – her life cut short – and a seasoned reporter show the heroism of the ‘people’s war’

“I have just bought my first gun in downtown Lviv,” begins Ukranian writer and war crimes researcher Victoria Amelina’s book, on February 17, 2022. “I’ve heard that everyone is capable of killing and those who say they aren’t just haven’t met the right person yet. An armed stranger entering my…

The Conversation

Veteran takes last shot to overturn war crime findings

Disgraced special forces soldier Ben Roberts-Smith has launched a last-ditch bid to overturn findings that he likely engaged in war crimes while on deployment.

AAP

Israel Katz Issues Stark Warning to Khamenei: Could Iran's Leader Face Saddam's Fate?

During a security assessment with Israeli military commanders, Katz accused Khamenei of committing war crimes through continued missile attacks on Israeli civilians.

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A Biden official says Israel committed war crimes. Who else will come forward?

The administration lied to obscure a genocide. Now a former spokesperson is revealing the disconnect between words and reality

The Guardian - US

German court sentences Syrian doctor to life in prison for torture and war crimes in his homeland

A German court has sentenced a Syrian doctor to life imprisonment for torture and war crimes in his homeland for killing two people and torturing nine in Syria between 2011 and 2012

The Independent UK

UK MPs react to report alleging David Cameron ‘threatened’ ICC withdrawal

Cameron told ICC’s Khan arrest warrants for Israeli officials would be like ‘dropping hydrogen bomb’, media report says.

Al Jazeera

Greta Thunberg denounces Gaza ‘war crimes’ after being deported from Israel

‘We did nothing wrong’ says campaigner after being flown to Paris where she accused Israel of war crimes against starving Palestinians

The Independent UK

Foreign Office staff told to consider resigning after challenging UK policy on Gaza

Department’s top officials respond to last month’s letter from more than 300 civil servants who raised concerns

The Guardian - UK

US hits International Criminal Court judges with sanctions over investigation into Israel

The Trump administration is slapping sanctions on four judges at the International Criminal Court over the tribunal’s investigation into alleged war crimes by Israel in its war against Hamas in Gaza

The Independent UK

Ex-Biden official says ‘without doubt’ Israel committed war crimes in Gaza

Former State Department spokesman Matthew Miller says the US could have done more to prevent Gaza deaths.

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Russia using drones to hunt Ukrainian civilians: HRW

NGO urges Russian accountability for war crimes in targeting Ukrainians with drones.

The Independent UK

Guatemala court convicts 3 ex-paramilitaries of war crimes for rape and gives them 40-year sentences

More than four decades after Guatemalan soldiers and paramilitaries raped Indigenous women amid their efforts to crush an insurgency during the country’s 36-year civil war, a court has convicted three men of crimes against humanity for their actions and sentenced them to 40 years in prison

International Business Times

French Court Jails Ex-Syria Rebel For 10 Years For War Crimes

A French court on Wednesday jailed a former Syrian Islamist rebel spokesman to 10 years for his role in atrocities committed in Syria's civil war in the country's first universal justice case.

Euronews

Australian whistleblower David McBride loses appeal over Afghan war crimes leak

Ex-military officer was jailed for leaking classified documents about allegations of Australian war crimes in Afghanistan to the media.

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Euronews

Sweden charges man over 2015 killing of Jordanian pilot burned alive in Syria

Osama Krayem, 32, has been charged with war crimes and terrorism over his alleged role in a 2015 execution by the so-called Islamic State group in Syria.

The Independent UK

Australia whistleblower who exposed war crime allegations loses bid to reduce prison sentence

Australian army whistleblower David McBride, who leaked allegations of Australian war crimes in Afghanistan to the media, has lost a court bid to have his prison sentence reduced

AAP

High Court appeal on cards for war crimes whistleblower

A man jailed for leaking classified information that exposed allegations of Australian soldiers committing war crimes will make a last-ditch attempt at freedom.

The Guardian - UK

Former Israeli PM Ehud Olmert says his country is committing war crimes

Leader from 2006 to 2009 says Palestinian victims are at ‘monstrous proportions’ and Netanyahu heads a ‘criminal gang’

The Guardian - US

There is no excuse for the killing of two Israeli embassy workers

Critics of Israel’s atrocious conduct in Gaza should be clear that their focus is the authors of that violence – not Israeli civilians

The Independent UK

UK officer who oversaw rejections of Afghan asylum claims could be linked to war crimes inquiry, High Court hears

Senior civil servant became concerned about how Afghan claims for UK resettlement were being rejected

Fortune

Microsoft employee shouts over Satya Nadella’s keynote to protest 'Israel’s war crimes powered by Azure'

The protest was part of a larger campaign by a group called "No Azure for Apartheid," which includes current and former Microsoft workers.

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