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  • August 2008

    • Six Months for Hamdan? Scrap Military Trials

      National Review  |  Aug 8, 08 2:10 PM CDT

      Six Months for Hamdan? Scrap Military Trials

      (Newser) - Salim Hamdan’s five-and-a-half-year prison sentence is a "stunningly unjust" joke, writes an enraged Andrew McCarthy in the National Review, especially because bin Laden’s driver will eligible for release in 6 months. Absurdly, he is now in a better position than his fellow detainees who haven’t been convicted of war crimes. More »

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      Guantanamo Bay  • war crimes  • military tribunal  • Salim Ahmed Hamdan  • enemy combatants

  • July 2008

    • Karadzic Delivered to Hague

      Reuters  |  Jul 30, 08 5:23 AM CDT

      Karadzic Delivered to Hague

      (Newser) - Bosnian war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic was whisked from a Serbian jail and handed over to UN officials today to face trial at The Hague on charges of genocide. He's expected to appear at court today. The former leader of the Bosnian Serbs was escorted by masked officers from the Serbian secret police in a convoy of black jeeps for a flight to the Netherlands, Reuters reports. Riots broke out earlier in Belgrade yesterday as Karadzic supporters clashed with police. More »

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      Serbia  • war crimes  • extradition  • Radovan Karadzic  • The Hague  • Sarajevo  • Srebrenica

    • Hiding Was 'Easy,' Boasts Karadzic

      Guardian (UK)  |  Jul 25, 08 2:51 AM CDT

      Hiding Was 'Easy,' Boasts Karadzic

      (Newser) - Captured Serbian war crimes suspect Radovan Karadzic has been refusing to eat in his Belgrade cell since his arrest more than a week ago—but has been boasting about life on the lam. Karadzic claims he had planned to turn himself in next year, reports the Guardian . Karadzic was nabbed on his way to a spa outside Belgrade. He was carrying swimming trunks, a laptop computer, two mobile phones and small Orthodox Christian icons. More »

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      Serbia  • war crimes  • Bosnia  • The Hague  • Radovan Karadzic  • war crimes tribunal

    • Karadzic to Defend Himself in Genocide Trial

      BBC  |  Jul 23, 08 9:24 AM CDT

      Karadzic to Defend Himself in Genocide Trial

      (Newser) - Bosnian genocide suspect Radovan Karadzic plans to defend himself when he stands trial in the Hague, his lawyer said today. He also plans to lose the Santa Claus beard and pony tail, having requested a shave and haircut, the BBC reports. Karadzic, a former psychiatrist who spent more than a decade on the lam, was posing as a doctor of alternative medicine in Belgrade when he was arrested Monday. More »

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      Serbia  • war crimes  • The Hague  • Radovan Karadzic  • Slobodan Milosevic

    • Hunt Shifts to Butcher 'Serb God'

      Associated Press  |  Jul 23, 08 6:22 AM CDT

      Hunt Shifts to Butcher 'Serb God'

      (Newser) - Former Bosnian leader Radovan Karadzic is finally behind bars, but his alleged partner in genocide, Gen. Ratko Mladic, remains at large. Mladic is an even more ruthless figure who until a few years ago brazenly appeared in downtown Belgrade, attending soccer games and eating at gourmet restaurants, despite a $5 million reward for his capture, AP reports. More »

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      United Nations  • Serbia  • genocide  • war crimes  • Bosnia  • Radovan Karadzic  • The Hague  • Belgrade  • Boris Tadic  • Sarajevo  • Srebrenica  • Ratko Mladic

    • Serb War Crimes Fugitive Worked in Belgrade Clinic

      BBC  |  Jul 22, 08 8:48 AM CDT

      Serb War Crimes Fugitive Worked in Belgrade Clinic

      (Newser) - Bosnian Serb Radovan Karadzic, arrested yesterday on war crimes charges after a 13-year manhunt, has been living in Belgrade with a fabricated identity and a private practice in alternative medicine, the BBC reports. Karadzic, sporting a long white beard and the name Dragan Dabic, walked in public freely, police said this morning, purporting to be a non-Serbian citizen. More »

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      Serbia  • war crimes  • Radovan Karadzic

    • Karadzic: Poet Turned Monster

      Times (UK)  |  Jul 22, 08 7:00 AM CDT

      Karadzic: Poet Turned Monster

      (Newser) - Serbian strongman Radovan Karadzic viewed himself as a high-minded intellectual but his hardline nationalism drove him to become responsible for Europe's most bestial atrocities since the Nazis, writes the Times of London. The former Bosnian leader, now captured after 12 years on the run, was a poet and author and worked as a psychiatrist for years before entering politics. More »

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      Serbia  • war crimes  • Bosnia  • Radovan Karadzic  • Sarajevo  • ethnic cleansing  • Serbs

    • Serbia Collars Karadzic for War Crimes

      Associated Press  |  Jul 21, 08 5:40 PM CDT

      Serbia Collars Karadzic for War Crimes

      (Newser) - Serbian forces arrested Radovan Karadzic today after hunting the war crimes fugitive for 12 years, the AP reports. The former Bosnian Serb president, collared with other suspected war criminals, will likely be sent to the UN war crimes court in the Hague. The tribunal has indicted him twice, once for approving the murder of civilians in Sarajevo and later for organizing the genocide of 8,000 Muslim men in Bosnia. More »

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      United Nations  • Serbia  • war crimes  • Bosnia  • Radovan Karadzic  • international war crimes tribunal

    • Judge in Gitmo Driver Trial Nixes Interrogation Evidence

      Miami Herald  |  Jul 21, 08 4:42 PM CDT

      Judge in Gitmo Driver Trial Nixes Interrogation Evidence

      (Newser) - A military judge at the war-crimes tribunal for Osama bin Laden’s alleged driver today barred evidence from a series of 2002 interrogations in Afghanistan, the Miami Herald reports. Salim Hamdan says he was subjected to sleep deprivation and was not offered a lawyer; his defense team wants all interrogations stricken. On the first day of his trial at Guantanamo Bay, the Yemeni formally entered a not guilty plea. More »

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      Osama bin Laden  • war crimes  • Salim Ahmed Hamdan  • Guantanamo tribunals  • jury selection  • USS Cole

    • Gitmo Trial Will Proceed After Judge Threatens Delay

      Miami Herald  |  Jul 18, 08 5:01 PM CDT

      Gitmo Trial Will Proceed After Judge Threatens Delay

      (Newser) - Federal prosecutors will give lawyers for Osama bin Laden's ex-driver access to accused 9/11 planner Khalid Sheikh Mohammed this weekend, ensuring that the first Guantanamo tribunal will begin Monday as scheduled, the Miami Herald reports. The judge in the case apparently forced the hand of the government lawyers prosecuting Salim Hamdan by threatening to delay the opening of the trial. More »

    • Sudan Swats Away Genocide Charge

      BBC  |  Jul 15, 08 3:27 PM CDT

      Sudan Swats Away Genocide Charge

      (Newser) - Sudan aims to obstruct an international tribunal's efforts to hold its leader responsible for genocide, the BBC reports. The International Criminal Court's charges of genocide, war crimes and crimes against humanity against president Omar al-Bashir are designed to engender tension between tribal groups in Darfur, a senior official said today, denying that the ICC has jurisdiction within Sudan. More »

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      Sudan  • genocide  • war crimes  • Crisis in Darfur  • African Union  • Omar al Bashir  • International Criminal Court  • Arab League

    • Sudan President Accused of War Crimes

      BBC  |  Jul 14, 08 7:21 AM CDT

      Sudan President Accused of War Crimes

      (Newser) - Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir was officially accused of genocide, war crimes, and crimes against humanity today in International Criminal Court, the BBC reports. The court must now decide whether to issue a warrant for Bashir’s arrest. If it does, Sudan’s government says it will disrupt the peace process in Darfur, and cause mayhem throughout the country. More »

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      United Nations  • Sudan  • Darfur  • genocide  • war crimes  • Omar al Bashir  • International Criminal Court  • crimes against humanity

    • Nazi Hunters Track 'Dr. Death' to Patagonia

      BBC  |  Jul 9, 08 3:19 AM CDT

      Nazi Hunters Track 'Dr. Death' to Patagonia

      (Newser) - Investigators hunting Nazi war criminals believe they have discovered where their most-wanted war fugitive has been hiding, reports the BBC. The Simon Wiesenthal Center has sent experts to southern Chile to track down Aribert Heim, dubbed "Dr. Death" for his barbaric experiments on Jews in the Mauthausen concentration camp in Austria. Heim performed operations and amputations without anesthesia to see how much pain his victims could withstand. More »

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      Nazi  • World War II  • Holocaust  • war crimes  • Chile  • concentration camp  • Patagonia  • Simon Wiesenthal Center  • Aribert Heim

  • June 2008
  • April 2008

    • Saddam Aide Begins Trial in Baghdad

      New York Times  |  Apr 29, 08 4:16 PM CDT

      Saddam Aide Begins Trial in Baghdad

      (Newser) - The trial of Saddam Hussein’s former deputy prime minister began today in Baghdad, the New York Times r eports. Tariq Aziz could get the death penalty for ordering the 1992 execution of more than 40 Iraqi merchants accused of price-gouging. The judge, however, has adjourned until May 20 because of the absence, for health reasons, of fellow defendant Ali Hassan al-Majid, aka “Chemical Ali." More »

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      Iraq  • Saddam Hussein  • war crimes  • Chemical Ali  • Ali Hassan al Majid  • executions  • Tariq Aziz

    • Facebook Used to Search for Darfur Criminals

      BBC  |  Apr 25, 08 5:50 PM CDT

      Facebook Used to Search for Darfur Criminals

      (Newser) - A humanitarian group is using Facebook to search for two war criminals involved with genocide in Darfur, the BBC reports. The War Crimes Watch List issued an open call on the social network for sightings of Ahmed Haroun and Ali Muhammad Ali Abd al-Rahman, who face 51 counts of crimes against humanity for allegedly planning atrocities by Janjaweed militias. More »

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      Facebook  • Darfur  • war crimes  • Crisis in Darfur  • political activism  • online activism

    • UN Official: Guerrillas Killed Serb Prisoners for Organs

      Guardian (UK)  |  Apr 12, 08 11:45 AM CDT

      UN Official: Guerrillas Killed Serb Prisoners for Organs

      (Newser) - Kosovan guerrillas killed Serb prisoners and harvested their organs for profit during Balkan fighting nearly a decade ago, according to the former UN prosecutor for war crimes in Yugoslavia. Carla del Ponte alleges that guerrillas trucked 300 captured Serbs over the border to a makeshift clinic in Albania, removed their kidneys, then killed them later for other organs. More »

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      Kosovo  • war crimes  • Albania  • Balkans  • organ harvesting  • Yugoslavia  • Serbs  • organ trafficking

    • Former Kosovo Leader Acquitted of War Crimes

      New York Times  |  Apr 4, 08 4:30 AM CDT

      Former Kosovo Leader Acquitted of War Crimes

      (Newser) - The UN's tribunal in the Hague has acquitted a former commander of the rebel Kosovo Liberation Army of all charges of war crimes. Ramush Haradinaj, who also briefly served as the breakaway province's prime minister, was cleared of murder, persecution, rape and torture of Kosovo Serb civilians. The verdict threatens to inflame anti-Kosovo sentiment in Serbia, writes the New York Times . More »

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      Serbia  • Kosovo  • war crimes  • The Hague  • international war crimes tribunal  • Ethnic Serbs

    • This Is What a War Criminal Looks Like

      Salon  |  Apr 2, 08 5:35 PM CDT

      This Is What a War Criminal Looks Like

      (Newser) - John Yoo, who as deputy AG wrote a crucial memo justifying torture, is a war criminal, Salon columnist Glenn Greenwald bluntly argues: Newly released documents reveal "a government official who, in concert with other government officials, set out to enable a brutal and systematic torture regime, and did so." What's more, Greenwald writes, "the underlying theories of omnipotent executive power remain largely in place." More »

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      Department of Justice  • war crimes  • John Yoo  • moral authority

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