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  • July 2008

    • 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

  • January 2008

    • 'Blood Diamonds' Trial Opens

      Times (UK)  |  Jan 7, 08 3:29 AM CST

      'Blood Diamonds' Trial Opens

      (Newser) - The war crimes trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor is set to begin in The Hague after months of costly delays—forcing the court to ask for financial handouts to complete the proceedings. Taylor, 59, trained Sierra Leone's notoriously violent Revolutionary United Front in exchange for "blood diamonds," so called because of their cost in human lives,  He is charged with crimes against humanity, murder and rape. More »

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      murder  • rape  • war crimes  • Liberia  • blood diamonds  • crimes against humanity  • Sierra Leone  • Charles Taylor

  • November 2007

    • Khmer Rouge Jailer Has First Day in Court

      Reuters  |  Nov 20, 07 12:50 PM CST

      Khmer Rouge Jailer Has First Day in Court

      (Newser) - The Cambodian “Killing Fields” tribunal heard an application for bail today from Kaing Guek Eav, better known as Duch, the math teacher who became the chief jailer of Pol Pot’s Khmer Rouge regime. Of at least 14,000 who went into Duch’s prison, only 10 survived, Reuters reports. More »

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      human rights  • Cambodia  • Khmer Rouge  • Pol Pot  • crimes against humanity  • Duch

  • August 2007

    • Saddam's Eldest Daughter Sought by Interpol

      BBC  |  Aug 17, 07 6:49 PM CDT

      Saddam's Eldest Daughter Sought by Interpol

      (Newser) - Accusing her of terrorism and other related offenses, Interpol is on the hunt for the oldest daughter of Saddam Hussein, the former Iraqi leader executed last December for crimes against humanity. Raghad Saddam Hussein left Iraq when US forces invaded and was believed to be living in Jordan as recently as last year. But her current whereabouts are not known. More »

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      Iraq  • Saddam Hussein  • Jordan  • Interpol  • crimes against humanity

  • July 2007

    • Khmer Rouge Jailer First to Be Charged

      BBC  |  Jul 31, 07 3:31 PM CDT

      Khmer Rouge Jailer First to Be Charged

      (Newser) - A UN tribunal has charged an ex-Khmer Rouge prison chief with crimes against humanity in the torturing and killing of as many as 17,000 people during the Cambodian genocide of the 1970s. Kang Kek Ieu, known as Duch, ordered inmates executed at the "killing fields" near Phnom Penh, the BBC reports. He is one of five suspects the tribunal plans to investigate. More »

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      torture  • genocide  • Cambodia  • Khmer Rouge  • crimes against humanity  • Pol Pot  • Ta Mok  • Duch

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