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Ending the cycle of abuse in Congo
KINSHASA, Democratic Republic of Congo — On Nov. 19, armed men from a rebel group called the M23 were looking for a prominent civil society leader in a village outside Goma, a provincial capital in eastern Democratic Republic of Congo. He'd been...
Tags: Rebellions, International Law, Armed Forces, Crime, Law and Justice, Congo
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2012: From Arab Spring to early winter
Meteorologists know seasons are predictable. In the weather world, spring is always followed by summer. But the political world is different. Spring can proceed to summer, or it can lead to a sudden onset of winter. That was the case this year in the...Tags: NATO, Mohamed Morsi, International Law, The Wall Street Journal, Vladimir Putin
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Congo rebel leader acquitted on war crimes charges
A rebel leader accused of leading a brutal attack on a Congolese village nearly a decade ago was acquitted Tuesday by the International Criminal Court, which said prosecutors failed to prove beyond a reasonable doubt that Mathieu Ngudjolo was...
Tags: International Law, Witnesses, Trials, Polio, Crime, Law and Justice
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Bosnian Serb general found guilty of genocide, sentenced to life
A Bosnian Serb general was convicted of genocide and other war crimes Wednesday by a United Nations tribunal in the Netherlands for his role in plotting and carrying out the murder of thousands of Muslim men in Eastern Bosnia in 1995. Zdravko Tolimir,...
Tags: Extradition, Radovan Karadzic, Ratko Mladic, International Law, Deportation
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U.N. says more than 60,000 have died in Syrian civil war
BEIRUT, Lebanon --The United Nations said Wednesday that more than 60,000 people have died in Syria’s bloody internal war, surpassing the Syrian opposition’s estimates by one-third. The head of the United Nations Human Rights office, which...
Tags: Emergency Incidents, Crime, Law and Justice, Syrian Civil War (2011 - present ), Explosions, New Year's Day
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Letters: Torture on the silver screen
Re "Why the fabrication?," Opinion, Dec. 23 It is astonishing that what is not disputed about "Zero Dark Thirty" is its accurate depiction of how for years the CIA deliberately and systematically tortured detainees with waterboarding and other savage...Tags: Dick Cheney, Kathryn Bigelow, Entertainment, Central Intelligence Agency, Movies
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Elie Wiesel's story endures, empowers
NEW YORK — A slender, silver-haired gentleman steps onto a nearly bare stage, the instantaneous applause continuing long after he reaches the spare wooden table awaiting him. For a moment, amid the din, he studies the audience — young and...
Tags: Authors, The Holocaust (1934-1945), Philosophy, Judaism, Upper East Side
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U.N. war crimes panel seeks access to Syria
World NowA United Nations-backed panel investigating alleged war crimes in Syria says it has asked to meet with President Bashar Assad soon in order for its team to gain access inside the country.... -
Former Guatemalan Army commander extradited to Los Angeles
L.A. NOWA former Guatemalan Army unit commander implicated in a mass murder in the 1980s has been extradited to Los Angeles from Canada to face federal charges that he lied on his application for naturalization as a U.S. citizen four years ago.... -
Greek Orthodox priest abducted in Syria is found dead
World NowA Greek Orthodox priest, the Rev. Fadi Jamil Haddad, has been found slain after being kidnapped near the Syrian capital of Damascus, officials said.... -
Former Balkan leader proclaims innocence of genocide charges
World NowFormer Balkan war leader defends himself in international court; Radovan Karadazic says he is innocent of war crimes and should be rewarded... -
Guantanamo terrorism convictions proving vulnerable on appeal
World NowGlobal Focus: Salim Hamdan has been home in his native Yemen for nearly four years since completing his sentence at Guantanamo Bay for providing "material support to terrorism" -- six years of domestic service to Osama bin Laden as gardener, bodyguard and...
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