World news about “Crime against humanity” published by euronews.
Cambodians mark Anger Day At the Choeun Ek memorial site, Cambodians marked Anger Day on May 20 – with re-enactments of Khmer Rouge torture and executions. Choeun Ek, from 17… 20/05/2013
Guatemala court finds former dictator guilty of genocide Former Guatemalan dictator Efrain Rios Montt has been found guilty of genocide and crimes against humanity. He’s been sentenced to 80 years in prison. Rios… 11/05/2013
Kenyatta swears oath of office as Kenya’s new president Uhuru Kenyatta has been sworn in as Kenya’s fourth president. Thousands attended the ceremony in Nairobi. The new president is the son of Kenya’s first… 09/04/2013
US offers rewards for Kony and his cronies The United States has offered rewards of close to four million euros each for information that could lead to the arrest fugitive Ugandan warlord Joseph Kony… 04/04/2013
Who are the most wanted Nazis? In Budapest on May 2011 a suspected Nazi war criminal stood trial. He looked to be a vulnerable and frail old man, but Sandor Kepiro stood accused of… 16/07/2012
Luis Moreno Ocampo: being a prosecutor was a great privilege Luis Moreno Ocampo was the Chief Prosecutor of the International Criminal Court for nine years. The ICC is the first permanent court ever created to try war… 15/06/2012
Sex trafficking still on the rise Human trafficking is a crime against humanity, yet it is on the rise globally, not least in Europe. The main victims of this appalling crime are young women… 30/05/2012
Liberia’s Taylor, chains of guilt The crimes for which Charles Taylor has been convicted, although committed by rebel forces in Sierra Leone, came back to him. Grave breaches of the Geneva… 26/04/2012
Khmer Rouge ‘core’ goes on trial Now frail and elderly pensioners, they nonetheless stand accused of being privy to the decisions taken by the regime of the Khmer Rouge. They are… 27/06/2011
Serbia after Mladic In Serbia, there have been mixed reactions over the arrest of the former Bosnian-Serb military commander Ratko Mladic. For some he is a war hero handed over… 10/06/2011
Digging up the truth in Kosovo The field of grief – that is what they call the biggest Albanian cemetery of civilian victims from the Kosovo war. But more than 10 years on, the focus is… 10/02/2011
Gbagbo before ICCFormer Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo has appeared at the International Criminal Court in The Hague at a hearing to decide whether or not he should face… 19/02/2013
Congolese warlord acquitted of brutal massacreFormer Congolese militia leader Mathieu Ngudjolo Chui has been acquitted by the International Criminal Court of war crimes and crimes against humanity at the… 18/12/2012
Ivory Coast former first lady accused of crimes against humanityIvory Coast’s former first lady has been charged with crimes against humanity – alleging she is responsible for offences including rape and murder. Simone… 23/11/2012
ICC rejects Gbagbo request to seek medical treatment abroadThe International Criminal Court in The Hague has told former Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo he must remain in detention pending a decision on whether he… 27/10/2012
Bosnian Muslims: Karadzic is mocking usThose who lost family and friends at the hands of Bosnian Serb forces watched the events in The Hague closely. Kada Hotic, whose husband and son were killed… 16/10/2012
Karadzic tells war crimes trial he promoted Balkans peaceThe former Bosnian Serb leader Radovan Karadzic has told his trial in the Hague that far from being accused of war crimes, he should be praised for promoting… 16/10/2012
Judges rule ICC can try former Ivory Coast leaderThe International Criminal Court has rejected a challenge to its jurisdiction by Ivory Coast ex-president Laurent Gbagbo. The ICC decided a pre-existing… 16/08/2012
Roma dead remembered at AuschwitzA ceremony has been held at the former Nazi death camp of Auschwitz on Roma Holocaust Remembrance Day. It marks the night of August 2 1944 when some 3,000… 03/08/2012
ICJ: Senegal must prosecute Habre or extradite himA possible trial for the man dubbed the ‘African Pinochet’ has moved a step closer. Hissene Habre, the former president of Chad is wanted in Belgium on… 21/07/2012
Scepticism about Hungary trial for Nazi war criminalThe Nazi-hunting Simon Wiesenthal Centre is urging Hungarian authorities to take action against the man being called the ‘most-wanted Nazi war criminal’… 16/07/2012
World’s most wanted Nazi criminal found in HungaryOn the streets of Budapest the man called the world’s most wanted Nazi criminal has been tracked down. Laszlo Csatary charged with involvement in the… 16/07/2012
Amnesty accuses Syria of crimes against humanityThe violence in Syria continues unabated on a day when the London-based Syrian Observatory for Human Rights announced as many a 14,000 people have lost their… 14/06/2012
Liberia’s Taylor jailed for 50 years for war crimesA UN-backed court sentenced former Liberian leader Charles Taylor on Wednesday to 50 years in jail for war crimes. The Special Court for Sierra Leone found… 30/05/2012
Liberia’s Charles Taylor gets 50-year sentenceFormer Liberian president Charles Taylor has been given a sentence of 50 years by judges at the Special Court for Sierra Leone at the Hague. Taylor is the… 30/05/2012
Bosnian Muslim woman found guilty of war crimesRasema Handanovic has become the first Muslim woman convicted of war crimes during the conflict in the former Yugoslavia during the 1990s. After being… 30/04/2012
Charles Taylor convicted of Sierra Leone war crimesA United Nations-backed court in The Hague has convicted former Liberian president Charles Taylor of war crimes. The 64-year-old was found guilty of “aiding… 26/04/2012
Liberia’s Charles Taylor guilty of aiding war crimesFormer Liberian president Charles Taylor has been found guilty of war crimes by an international court in the Hague. The court ruled that Taylor had aided… 26/04/2012
Verdict due in trial of former Liberian presidentA UN war crimes court is expected to deliver its verdict today, in the trial of former Liberian president Charles Taylor. He is facing 11 charges over his… 26/04/2012
Gaddafi spy chief held in MauritaniaLibya’s former head of intelligence Abdullah al-Senussi has been arrested in Mauritania. Al-Senussi, one of the most prominent figures in the country under… 17/03/2012
ICJ hears extradition request for HabreThe International Court of Justice in the Hague, on Monday, began hearing an extradition request for Hissen Habre, the former President of Chad. Lawyers are… 12/03/2012
Syria violence rages as fresh UN moves take shapeRelentless violence and relentless diplomacy continue as Syria sinks further into chaos. A large plume of smoke seen rising into the sky above Homs is from… 15/02/2012
Syrian forces launch attack on HamaAfter bombarding Homs for the last 13 days, Syrian government forces have now launched an offensive against the country’s fourth largest city of Hama. But… 15/02/2012
UN’s failure to act has intensified Syrian attacksAfter the failure of the United Nations Security Council to act over Syria, the organisation’s General Assembly is attempting to get the same resolution… 14/02/2012
Ex-ruler charged with genocide in GuatemalaGuatemala’s former military dictator will face charges of genocide and crimes against humanity in connection with the deaths of indigenous people killed under… 27/01/2012
French u-turn on Rwandan assassinationA plane carrying the Rwandan president in 1994 was shot down by his own troops, according to a French judge. The latest inquiry into Juvenal Habyarimana’s… 11/01/2012
Ivory Coast’s Gbagbo charged with crimes against humanityFormer Ivory Coast leader Laurent Gbagbo has been charged on four counts of crimes against humanity by the International Criminal Court in The Hague, the… 30/11/2011
Ivory Coast’s Gbagbo faces ICC trialFormer president of Ivory Coast Laurent Gbagbo arrived in the Netherlands on Wednesday after prosecutors for the International Criminal Court in The Hague… 30/11/2011
Russia rejects calls for Syrian arms embargoRussia opposes any form of arms embargo being slapped on Syria, Russian Foreign Minister Sergei Lavrov said on Tuesday. Lavrov, whose country is one of the… 29/11/2011
Syria guilty of ‘crimes against humanity’: UN reportSyria’s security forces have been accused of committing crimes against humanity by a United Nations report. An independent commission set up by the UN Human… 29/11/2011
US soldier convicted of Afghan atrocitiesA US army sergeant, Calvin Gibbs, faces a maximum life sentence, after being convicted by court-martial of murdering unarmed civilians and cutting fingers off… 11/11/2011
Gaddafi’s son ‘seeking to give himself up’The International Criminal Court is investigating reports that Muammar Gaddafi’s son is seeking to give himself up. A Libyan official from the National… 28/10/2011
Gaddafi son offers to surrender to ICC claims NTCLibyan officials are claiming Muammar Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam has proposed surrendering to the International Criminal Court rather than suffer the same… 27/10/2011
Gadaffi’s son ready to surrender says NTCMuammar Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam is reportedly ready to turn himself in. According to Libya’s National Transitional Council he and former intelligence… 26/10/2011
Kagame says Rwanda and France “looking to future”In what is being described as a turning of the page in mutual relations, the President of Rwanda has made his first official visit to Paris since his… 12/09/2011
Amnesty wants Syrian crimes against humanity probeNew pictures have emerged from Syria purporting to show the extent of a government crackdown in Hama that activists say has killed at least 22… 06/07/2011
Mladic court appearance watched by victims’ familiesRelatives of the victims of Srebrenica gathered outside the tribunal in the Hague. Forever scarred by the ordeal, they have waited a long time to see Ratko… 04/07/2011
Rebels rejoice at Gaddafi arrest warrantThe rebel-held city of Misrata in Libya erupted with pleasure with the news that Muammar Gaddafi, his son and the head of Libyan intelligence have been served… 27/06/2011
Khmer Rouge leaders leave court citing ill healthSenior surviving members of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge regime have shown little sign of co-operating at their trial which has started in Phnom Penh. The four… 27/06/2011
ICC issues warrant for Gaddafi’s arrestThe International Criminal Court on Monday issued a warrant for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi’s arrest, its second-ever arrest warrant against a sitting head… 27/06/2011
Arrest warrant issued for GaddafiThe International Criminal Court has issued an arrest warrant against Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi, accusing him of committing of crimes against humanity… 27/06/2011
Cambodians’ angst bound in warcrimes trialThe war crimes trial in Phnom Penh comes three decades after one of history’s bloodiest upheavals. Human rights activists say they hope for some sort of… 27/06/2011
Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge four on trialThe UN-backed trial of the top surviving members of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge regime has finally got under way in Phnom Penh. The four defendants include the now… 27/06/2011
Khmer Rouge chiefs on trial over ‘Killing Fields’The long-awaited UN-backed trial of the four most senior surviving members of Cambodia’s Khmer Rouge regime has got underway in Phnom Penh. The defendants… 27/06/2011
Judges set rule on Gaddafi arrest warrantThe International Criminal Court is deliberating whether to issue an arrest warrant for Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi. The judges will also discuss whether… 26/06/2011
Mladic in the dockFormer Bosnian Serb army commander Ratko Mladic made his first appearance in front of the UN War Crimes Tribunal at the Hague on Friday. At 69 he looked… 04/06/2011
Mladic slams ‘monstrous’ war crimes chargesRatko Mladic, the former head of the Bosnian Serb army, appeared in court for the first time on Friday to face charges of war crimes after 16 years on the… 03/06/2011
Mladic faces international justice for the first timeRatko Mladic has made his first appearance before a UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague. The former military commander of the Bosnian Serbs has said he does… 03/06/2011
ICC prosecutors seek Gaddafi arrestInternational prosecutors are seeking an arrest warrant for Colonel Muammar Gaddafi, accusing him of committing crimes against humanity. A son of the Libyan… 16/05/2011
Gotovina – Croatia’s fallen heroAnte Gotovina had been on the run for four years before he was apprehended on the Spanish island of Tenerife. Although widely seen as a hero by his… 15/04/2011
UN court jails former Croatian general for war crimesThe former Croatian general Ante Gotovina has been jailed for crimes against humanity by the UN war crimes tribunal in The Hague. It found him guilty of… 15/04/2011
Argentina’s last dictator given life for dirty warArgentina’s last dictator has been jailed for life for his role in the country’s so-called Dirty War against opponents of the military regime in the ’70s and… 15/04/2011
Egyptian police film own brutalityAnger against daily abuse and torture by the police was one of the elements that triggered the popular revolt in Egypt. One case stood out: that of… 07/02/2011
Mixed reactions to Khmer Rouge verdictWitnesses and survivors of the Khmer Rouge killings have given mixed reactions after watching the delivery of the verdict. Rob Hamill, the brother of a… 26/07/2010
Jail for Khmer Rouge prison bossA senior member of the Khmer Rouge in Cambodia has been sentenced to 35 years in prison by a UN- backed court. The verdict against Kaing Guek Eav is the… 26/07/2010
Senior Khmer Rouge figure jailed for 35 yearsIn the first verdict handed down by the joint UN-Cambodian court examining the Khmer Rouge, Kaing Guek Eav has been found guilty of murder, torture, war… 26/07/2010
Prayers at Khmer Rouge jail before court verdictA special Buddhist ceremony has been held at a notorious former Khmer Rouge prison in Phnom Penh, on the eve of a court verdict in the trial of the jail’s… 25/07/2010
Chile considers pardoning Pinochet’s henchmenA Church-led initiative to grant a prisoner amnesty to mark Chile’s 200th anniversary of independence has caused outrage among human rights groups. Chile’s… 22/07/2010
Guinea massacre branded “crime against humanity”The massacre of opposition supporters carried out by troops loyal to Guinea’s ruling junta has been branded a “crime against humanity,” according to a leaked… 21/12/2009
Duch trial approaches endThe closing arguments have begun in the trial of the former prison chief of Cambodia’s notorious S-21 prison during the rule of Pol Pot. Better known as… 23/11/2009
Rwanda genocide ‘mastermind’ is jailed for lifeThe man who organised the 1994 genocide in Rwanda has been jailed for life. Theoneste Bagosora was accused by the International Criminal Tribunal of… 18/12/2008
