Articles for War Criminals

How US politicians responded to Netanyahu’s ICC arrest warrant
1 month ago

How US politicians responded to Netanyahu’s ICC arrest warrant

Al Jazeera  

Biden administration ‘fundamentally rejects’ decision as lawmakers issue threats and call for sanctions against court. “We fundamentally reject the court’s decision to issue arrest warrants for senior Israeli officials,” White House spokeswoman Karine Jean-Pierre told reporters. Asked about calls for sanctioning court officials, Jean-Pierre told reporters: “We are in consultation with our partners, which include Israel, about our next steps.” …

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Fury as Trudeau REFUSES to release the names of 900 Nazi war criminals who fled to Canada after WWII: 'Justice denied'
1 month, 1 week ago

Fury as Trudeau REFUSES to release the names of 900 Nazi war criminals who fled to Canada after WWII: 'Justice denied'

Daily Mail  

Justin Trudeau has sparked outrage after refusing to release the names of 900 alleged Nazi war criminals who fled to Canada after World War Two. Justin Trudeau has sparked outrage after refusing to release the names of 900 alleged Nazi war criminals who fled to Canada after World War Two The list of members of the Nazi-led SS Galicia unit …

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Is Japan’s Yasukuni Shrine a Symbol of War or Peace?
6 months, 1 week ago

Is Japan’s Yasukuni Shrine a Symbol of War or Peace?

The Diplomat  

In late April, the controversial Yasukuni Shrine in Tokyo held its annual three-day springtime festival. The festivities were attended by more than 90 politicians, who paid their respects to Japanese soldiers killed in World War II as well as Japan’s imperial wars in the 20th century. South Korea protested against Kishida’s recent offering, calling it a “deep disappointment” and “deep …

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Schrödinger’s genocide
9 months, 1 week ago

Schrödinger’s genocide

Al Jazeera  

Bosnians have experience with genocide. The genocide of my people was accompanied by the same rhetoric that Israeli officials now espouse: a genocidal army is the only thing standing between Europe and “Muslim barbarians”, they claim. In the case of the Israeli onslaught on Gaza, which the International Court of Justice has already characterised as a plausible genocide, we see …

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Canada House of Commons gave a standing ovation to a member of a Nazi SS unit
1 year, 2 months ago

Canada House of Commons gave a standing ovation to a member of a Nazi SS unit

Op India  

On 22nd September, the Canadian House of Commons gave a standing ovation to Yaroslav Hunka, a World War II veteran who fought for “Ukrainian independence” against Russian aggressors. He is a Ukrainian hero, a Canadian hero, and we thank him for his service.” Associated Press identified Hunka as a war veteran who “was in attendance and fought with the First …

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The dangerous myth of American innocence: Only our enemies commit "war crimes"
2 years, 9 months ago

The dangerous myth of American innocence: Only our enemies commit "war crimes"

Salon  

The branding of Vladimir Putin as a war criminal by Joe Biden, who lobbied for the Iraq war and staunchly supported the 20 years of carnage in the Middle East, is one more example of the hypocritical moral posturing sweeping across the United States. It is unclear how anyone would try Putin for war crimes since Russia, like the U.S., …

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How the Ukraine invasion unfolded minute-by-minute
2 years, 10 months ago

How the Ukraine invasion unfolded minute-by-minute

Daily Mail  

Russia launched total war on Ukraine yesterday, with missiles raining from the sky, tanks rolling across the border from Belarus, and masses of attack helicopters swarming on Kiev after Vladimir Putin personally gave the order to attack. The first sign an invasion was imminent came at just before 12am Ukrainian time on Thursday morning, when Russian-backed rebel leaders in eastern …

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Bangladesh at 50: Hard Democratic Realities, Unfulfilled Secular Promises
2 years, 11 months ago

Bangladesh at 50: Hard Democratic Realities, Unfulfilled Secular Promises

News 18  

On December 16, 1971, Pakistani soldiers surrendered to a joint India-Bangladesh force and Bangladesh was born. Had a peaceful transfer of power taken place and had the Awami League been able to forge a constitution with greater devolution of power and autonomy for all provinces and institute more inclusive governance structures, many of Pakistan’s contemporary security challenges may have been …

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Bangladesh at 50: Hard democratic realities, unfulfilled secular promises
3 years ago

Bangladesh at 50: Hard democratic realities, unfulfilled secular promises

Firstpost  

With the passing of five decades, the prospects for a secular Bangladeshi democracy seem ever-more remote despite the country’s important strides in human development and contributions to international security On 16 December, 1971, Pakistani soldiers surrendered to a joint India-Bangladesh force and Bangladesh was born. Had a peaceful transfer of power taken place and had the Awami League been able …

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Top international official in Bosnia bans denial of genocide
3 years, 5 months ago

Top international official in Bosnia bans denial of genocide

Associated Press  

SARAJEVO, Bosnia-Herzegovina — The top international official in Bosnia on Friday outlawed denial of genocide in the Balkan country to counter attempts by Bosnia’s Serbs to deny the scope of the 1995 massacre in Srebrenica, Europe’s only post-World War II genocide. “Hate speech, the glorification of war criminals and revisionism or outright denial of genocide and war crimes prevent societies …

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Ratko Mladić’s legacy and the appeasement of war criminals
3 years, 5 months ago

Ratko Mladić’s legacy and the appeasement of war criminals

Al Jazeera  

On June 8, a United Nations court upheld the conviction of Bosnian Serb military chief and war criminal Ratko Mladić for genocide, crimes against humanity and war crimes committed during the Bosnian war. Mladić’s legacy Before the war, the territory which today falls within the borders of Republika Srpska was ethnically diverse just like other parts of Bosnia, with around …

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Trump's pardon of mercenaries guilty of massacre in Iraq leads to outrage worldwide
3 years, 11 months ago

Trump's pardon of mercenaries guilty of massacre in Iraq leads to outrage worldwide

The Hindu  

United States President DonaldTrump’s notorious pardons list has come in for scathing criticism domestically and internationally. A U.S. congressional report released in 2008 had concluded that between 2005 and 2007, Blackwater security personnel operating in Iraq had used deadly force on a “weekly basis”, causing “significant casualties” and deadly damage. The U.S. Attorney’s office, in a statement issued after the …

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Trump's Post-Election Pardons List: War Criminals, Crooked Politicians And Family
3 years, 11 months ago

Trump's Post-Election Pardons List: War Criminals, Crooked Politicians And Family

Huff Post  

LOADING ERROR LOADING In early November, President Donald Trump learned that he would only have 10 more weeks to use the power of the presidency. I had never imagined that Trump or any other politician would affect American justice.” The White House statement on the pardons praised the men for “a long history of service to the nation” ― echoing …

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Fox News host: Pardoned Blackwater war criminals were 'doing their job' by massacring 14 civilians
4 years ago

Fox News host: Pardoned Blackwater war criminals were 'doing their job' by massacring 14 civilians

Raw Story  

Fox News host Pete Hegseth on Wednesday praised four Blackwater military contractors who were pardoned by President Donald Trump after they massacred 14 Iraqi civilians. "What the president did for those Blackwater contractors -- it's been described as a massacre," Hegseth said on Fox & Friends. "There's no upside to a call like this other than sending a signal to …

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Do Afghan lives matter?
4 years, 5 months ago

Do Afghan lives matter?

Al Jazeera  

The civil rights movement must embrace the international justice cause and back the ICC investigation of US war crimes. Impunity for the US military The ICC holds a mandate to examine cases which national authorities are unable or unwilling to investigate, such as large-scale war crimes, including genocide. Since the “War on Terror” began in 2001, reports of numerous war …

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