War crimes
- Benjamin Netanyahu, British empire, India, International criminal court, International criminal justice, Israel-Gaza war, Ukraine, United Nations, Vladimir Putin, War crimes, World news
Global moral consensus is just wishful thinking | Letters
Alex Watson writes that moralising over Putin and Netanyahu is nothing without enforceable law, while Ravishan…
- Conflict and arms, Global development, Internally displaced people, Law, Myanmar, Myanmar coup, South and Central Asia, War crimes, World news
Myanmar military kills dozens in heaviest airstrikes since 2021 coup
Ten children reportedly among those killed during intense aerial campaigns last monthMyanmar’s military has la…
- Bangladesh, Global development, Humanitarian response, Internally displaced people, Law, Myanmar, Refugees, Rohingya, South and Central Asia, War crimes, World news
Thousands flee after Myanmar rebels use drones to bomb Rohingya villagers
Arakan Army targeting Muslim minority as Myanmar’s military are driven out of Rakhine, UN official saysThousan…
- Documentary films, Global development, Nepal, Rape and sexual assault, Sexual violence, South and Central Asia, War crimes, Women's rights and gender equality
Rebel fighter, Maoist MP, rape survivor: the many lives of Devi Khadka
After Nepal’s bitter conflict ended in 2006, Khadka hoped to make a difference in parliament. A new documentar…
- Africa, Americas, Central African Republic, Colombia, Europe, Global development, Law, Nepal, Rape and sexual assault, Russia, Sexual violence, Society, South and Central Asia, Syria, Ukraine, War crimes, Women's rights and gender equality, World news, Yemen
From Colombia to Syria justice is possible for survivors of sexual violence in war – but we need the right ‘ecosystem’ | Clara Sandoval
For the first time Ukraine had the right conditions to make reparations to those subjected to crimes such as r…
- Africa, Amnesty International, Arms trade, Conflict and arms, Ethiopia, Europe, Foreign policy, Global development, Hamas, Human rights, International criminal court, Israel, Israel-Gaza war, Law, LGBTQ+ rights, Myanmar, Palestinian territories, Politics, Russia, South and Central Asia, UK news, Ukraine, War crimes, World news
UK accused by Amnesty of ‘deliberately destabilising’ human rights globally
Rights chief also warns Britain will be ‘judged harshly by history for its failure to help prevent civilian sl…
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Minister told to name sources in Afghan inquiry or face potential jail term
Johnny Mercer given 10 days to reveal source of claims British troops engaged in war crimesThe minister for ve…
- Global development, Human rights, Law, Myanmar, Refugees, Rohingya, South and Central Asia, War crimes, World news
Most top Myanmar officers responsible for rape and torture – war crimes report
Security Force Monitor finds 64% of senior army officers led units allegedly committing killings, rapes, tortu…
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Genocide warning in Nagorno-Karabakh | Letters
Caroline Cox of the Humanitarian Aid Relief Trust urges the government to fulfil its responsibility under inte…
- Adoption, Bangladesh, Global development, Pakistan, Rape and sexual assault, South and Central Asia, Violence against women and girls, War crimes, Women's rights and gender equality
‘I’ll never know where I’m from’: plight of the adopted children of Bangladesh’s Birangona women
Thousands of children born to victims of rape during Bangladesh’s war of independence in 1971 were adopted by …
- Africa, Conflict and arms, Europe, Global development, Global health, Humanitarian response, Iran, Law, Middle East and North Africa, Myanmar, Russia, South and Central Asia, Sudan, Ukraine, War crimes, World news
Ukraine and Myanmar make 2022 most violent year in a decade for medical staff
Report demands accountability for war crimes and singles out Russia for ‘mind-boggling’ targeting of hospitals…
- Bangladesh, Global development, Health, Law, Pakistan, Rape and sexual assault, Sexual violence, Society, South and Central Asia, War crimes, Women, World Health Organization, World news
‘We lay like corpses. Then the raping began’: 52 years on, Bangladesh’s rape camp survivors speak out
In 1971, the Pakistan army began a brutal crackdown against Bengalis in which hundreds of thousands of women w…
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Chinese peace plan for Ukraine greeted cautiously by the west
China’s senior diplomat Wang Yi speaks of need to uphold principle of territorial integrity but also of respec…
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Inside the CIA’s secret Kabul base, burned out and abandoned in haste
A Taliban commander invited the media to inspect the site where America plotted killing raids and tortured pri…
- Afghanistan, Al-Qaida, International criminal court, International criminal justice, Islamic State, Law, South and Central Asia, Taliban, War crimes, World news
ICC asked to relaunch inquiry into Taliban and IS ‘war crimes’
Move shows court’s determination to investigate contemporary as well as past crimes against humanityThe intern…