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Ukraine war: Zelensky accuses Russian troops of committing war crimes in Kherson

Ukraine’s president says bodies of civilians have been found after Russian withdrawal from Kherson

Evening Standard

Ukraine's Zelenskiy: More than 400 Russian war crimes in freed Kherson

Ukrainian President Volodymyr Zelenskiy said on Sunday that investigators had uncovered more than 400 Russian war crimes and found the bodies of both servicemen and civilians in areas of Kherson region freed from Russian occupation.

Reuters

Germany to discuss Russian war crimes prosecution with G7 - justice minister

The justice ministers of the Group of Seven (G7) industrialised nations will focus on ways to prosecute suspected Russian war crimes at their meeting in Berlin later this month, the German justice minister said in a media interview published on Friday.

Reuters

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Failed Senate candidate Heston Russell allegedly shot at unarmed Afghan civilians, ABC claims in court documents

Exclusive: Russell, a former special forces major, denies any wrongdoing and is suing the ABC for defamation over its reporting of alleged war crimes in Afghanistan

The Guardian - AU

Australian war crime investigation grows as more allegations crop up

Officials are investigating further allegations of war crimes as they prepare to hand over evidence to begin prosecuting soldiers.

The New Daily

Australian war crime investigation grows

Australian investigators are preparing to hand over the first evidence brief of alleged war crimes committed by special forces soldiers in Afghanistan.

AAP

War crimes committed by Yemen's Houthis since truce expiry: U.N

Yemen's Iran-aligned Houthi movement has committed war crimes since the expiry of a peace agreement last month, the United Nations' human rights chief said on Friday, citing incidents of sniper attacks and shelling.

Reuters

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Australia under pressure to sanction Myanmar military after Amnesty International report and leaked ANZ Bank transactions

Australia is an outlier among like-minded countries, including the United States, United Kingdom, Canada and the European Union, all of which have imposed tough sanctions on Myanmar's military rulers since the coup on February 1 last year.

ABC News

Body of American, 24, killed in Ukraine held as part of war crimes investigation

The family of US solider Joshua Jones have been dealt another crushing setback after they were told their son's body will not be returned despite reassurance he would be

Daily Mirror

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.

Reuters

French court hands Liberian rebel Kunti Kamara life sentence for war crimes

A Paris court has sentenced a former Liberian rebel commander to life in jail for violence against civilians and complicity in crimes against humanity after France's first trial linked to Liberia's civil wars.

Radio France Internationale

Myanmar junta diverting civilian jet fuel to military: Amnesty

Aviation fuel supplied to junta-ruled Myanmar for civilian planes is being diverted to the military, whose air force has been linked to war crimes, Amnesty International said on Thursday.

Bangkok Post

‘We will be relentless’: top US Nazi hunter turns to Ukraine war crimes

Eli Rosenbaum says the US is poised to change its laws so his justice department unit can prosecute Russian war criminals

The Guardian - US

Letter: Marsha Hunt obituary

Anthony Millett writes: Marsha Hunt gave a great performance in an influential film that helped prepare British audiences for Nuremberg and for other war crimes trials

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The Independent UK

ICC judges approve request to reopen Afghanistan probe

Judges have approved a request by the International Criminal Court’s prosecutor to reopen an investigation into war crimes and crimes against humanity in Afghanistan, saying Afghan authorities are not conducting meaningful probes

Salon

War crimes? We must not forget Tokyo

Of course Russia should be condemned for targeting civilians. But the brutal U.S. air war on Japan was much worse

Al Jazeera

How Holocaust historians are unearthing Ukraine’s present

Years investigating Holocaust atrocities and ISIL war crimes are helping researchers uncover Russian abuses in Ukraine.

The Guardian - AU

David McBride will face prosecution after blowing whistle on alleged war crimes in Afghanistan

Lawyers for the former military lawyer withdrew an application for protection after government sought to quash testimony

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The Canberra Times

'My conscience is clear': Whistleblower McBride set to face trial

McBride's bid for protection withdrawn after government's last-minute intervention.

AAP

War crimes whistleblower to face trial

David McBride has withdrawn an application to be protected under whistleblowing laws after the Commonwealth sought to suppress expert evidence.

The Guardian - AU

The prosecution of David McBride for exposing Australian war crime allegations is an outrageous injustice

The attorney general must discontinue the case against the former military lawyer and fix federal whistleblowing law

ABC News

International Mobile Justice Team building war crimes cases in Ukraine targeting the Kremlin

As the Russian invasion of Ukraine continues to bring death and destruction, small teams of dedicated lawyers are investigating war crimes they say could lead all the way to the Kremlin.

Al Jazeera

‘Putin is using ethnic minorities to fight in Ukraine’: Activist

Russian minorities are much more likely to die in Ukraine, the Free Buryatia Foundation tells Al Jazeera.

Reuters

Myanmar military defends deadly air strike after accusations of war crime

Myanmar's military has defended air strikes on a concert organised by an ethnic minority force as a justified response to attacks in the area, after opponents accused the junta of targeting civilians and conducting war crimes.

Asharq Al-Awsat

Amnesty Urges ICC Probe of Possible Gaza War Crimes

Amnesty International on Tuesday called for an International Criminal Court (ICC) probe into possible war crimes committed in August by both Israeli forces and Palestinian militants during deadly fighting in Gaza. Thirty-one civilians were among the 49 Palestinians killed in the Israeli-blockaded Gaza Strip during the three-day conflict, the global…

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