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Article: Liberia to extradite 41 Ivorians for role in ICoast conflict
A court in eastern Liberia on Thursday ruled that 41 Ivorians would be extradited to Ivory Coast for their role in the country's 2011 post-election conflict. "The petition of the government of Liberia is hereby granted by this...
Article: Bosnia police arrest two Srebrenica genocide suspects
Bosnian police on Thursday arrested two Bosnian Serb former soldiers suspected of genocide over the killing of around 1,000 Muslims from the eastern town of Srebrenica, the site of Europe's worst atrocity since the World War Two. Ostoja...
Article: UN observers' attackers in Syria must be brought to justice
Those responsible for attacks on UN observers in Syria must be brought to justice, UN rights chief Navi Pillay said Monday. "We must make our utmost possible efforts to ensure accountability for all perpetrators, including those who...
Article: Syria: Today’s massacres, tomorrow’s war crimes?
UN monitors are to try again on Friday to reach the site of a new Syrian massacre after being shot at in their first attempt, as Kofi Annan urged united action to stop the crisis from spiralling out of control. In a closed-door briefing to...
Article: Opposition leader charged over Bangladesh 1971 war
A Bangladeshi court on Monday charged a fifth member of the country's largest Islamic party with alleged atrocities including genocide during the nation's 1971 independence war against Pakistan. Mohammad Kamaruzzaman, 60, the third highest...
Article: Uganda: Amnesty Act without amnesty
After twelve years, Uganda’s Amnesty Act guaranteeing a blanket pardon for rebels has quietly expired. The government says the measure is meant to target ‘high ranking’ militants of the Lord’s Resistance Army (LRA...
Article: US Justice Dept urges terror label for Nigerian militants
The Justice Department is pressing the State Department to designate Boko Haram, a Nigerian militant group alleged to be responsible for hundreds of deaths, as a "foreign terrorist organisation." [related-articles]Lisa Monaco,...
Article: Libya's new penal code: same old story
Libyan and western human rights groups have accused Libya’s government of giving a ‘blanket amnesty’ for war crimes committed by rebel forces in last year’s civil war after the publication of a new addition to the...
Article: Victor’s justice? Zintani rebels pledge to try Saif al-Islam
The leaders of Libya’s mountain town of Zintan say they will hold the war crimes trial of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi at home, posing a further complication to a tug-of-war for the suspect being fought by Libya and the International...
Article: Interview: General Butt Naked: From warlord to preacher
The documentary “The Redemption of General Butt Naked” (2011) tells the story of Joshua Milton Blahyi--aka General Butt Naked. A feared warlord during Liberia’s civil war, he’s now a Christian evangelist travelling...
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Is Arizona justified in introducing stricter laws for illegal immigrants?
Submitted on: 27 May 2010 - 9:42pmVideo highlights
