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Month: March 2023

Transfer of the first UN prison to the Tanzanian State
7 March 2023 by Balthazar Nduwayezu
The life and death of the first UN prison On February 28, the doors of the first ever UN prison closed on 27 years of memories left by former Rwandan dignitaries but also more ordinary people. Félicien Kabuga, who should have been its last resident, is on trial in The Hag [...]
7 March 2023 by AFP
Israel strike knocks out airport in Syria's Aleppo: ministry Israeli warplanes struck Aleppo airport before dawn Tuesday, causing significant damage that halted flights to and from Syria's war- and quake-battered second city, the defence ministry said. The airport has been a major conduit f [...]
6 March 2023 by AFP
Ukraine urges probe over footage of alleged POW killing Ukraine's foreign minister on Monday urged the International Criminal Court to probe footage circulating on social media that he said showed Russian forces killing a Ukrainian prisoner of war. "Horrific video of an unarmed Ukraini [...]
6 March 2023 by AFP
CORRECTED: C.African ex-president leaves Chad for new exile Francois Bozize, a former president of Central African Republic who became a rebel leader, has left neighbouring Chad under a deal taking him to a new place of exile, the Chadian foreign minister said on Monday. Bozize, 76, has be [...]
6 March 2023 by AFP
C.African ex-president leaves Chad for new exile Francois Bozize, a former president of Central African Republic who became a rebel leader, has left neighbouring Chad under a deal taking him to a new place of exile, the CAR's foreign minister said on Monday. Bozize, 76, has been [...]
Aboriginal Children of Australia - Ballarat Orphanage
6 March 2023 by Maxim Shanahan
Yoorrook Truth-Commission: Cold light on the child protection system The Yoorrook Truth Commission, in Victoria state, southeast Australia, restarted on Wednesday March 1 with a third round of hearings centred on truth-telling about the removal of the Aboriginal children from their families and chi [...]
4 March 2023 by AFP
US attorney general in surprise visit to Ukraine US Attorney General Merrick Garland made a surprise visit to Ukraine on Friday and vowed to hold "Russian war criminals accountable" for their actions. "We are here today in Ukraine to speak clearly, and with one voice: the perpet [...]
4 March 2023 by AFP
US ignores Russia warning on arms as Biden meets Scholz The United States responded Friday to a Russian warning against arming Ukraine by offering a further $400 million in security assistance, as President Joe Biden hosted German Chancellor Olaf Scholz in a show of unity against Mosco [...]
3 March 2023 by AFP
Ukraine moves towards opening of International Criminal Court office Ukraine's top prosecutor said Friday the country is moving towards opening an office of the International Criminal Court (ICC) as Kyiv seeks to establish a special tribunal to prosecute the leadership in Moscow. The ICC is current [...]
3 March 2023 by AFP
Saudi, Qatar condemn Israel minister's remarks on Palestinian town Saudi Arabia and Qatar on Friday condemned a call by an Israeli minister for a flashpoint Palestinian town to be "wiped out", with Riyadh describing it as "racist and irresponsible". Finance Minister Bezalel Smotrich, a far-right [...]
Treason in Ukraine - Sergei Govorukha (SBU agent)
3 March 2023 by Kateryna Trokhymchuk
“For a fistful of Hryvnia…” - the story of the first SBU agent convicted for treason in Ukraine Sergei Govorukha is the first SBU officer convicted of state treason in Ukraine since Russia’s full-scale invasion. The military counter-intelligence agency was openly singled out last July, when its chief Ivan Bakanov (and prosec [...]
3 March 2023 by AFP
Myanmar junta at war with country's own people: UN Myanmar's military rulers now see civilians as their adversaries and are making war on the country's own people, undermining the basic ability to live, the United Nations said on Friday. Two years on from the February 1, 2021, cou [...]
Refugees in Ethiopia
2 March 2023 by Julia Crawford
Ethiopia promises transitional justice once again Ethiopia signed a peace agreement in November. In January, the government published a draft document on “policy options” for transitional justice. In February, it moved to try and end a UN expert commission that has pointed to pos [...]
2 March 2023 by AFP
US, NATO role in Ukraine risks 'catastrophic consequences': Russia The involvement of the United States and NATO in the war in Ukraine risks bringing "catastrophic consequences", Russia warned Thursday in a speech boycotted by many Western diplomats. Russian Deputy Foreign Minister Sergei Ryabkov [...]
1 March 2023 by AFP
Israel police crack down on legal reform protest Israeli police clashed Wednesday with protesters rallying against the government's judicial reform programme which critics say threatens democracy, as lawmakers held a preliminary vote on the latest controversial bill. Demonstrato [...]
1 March 2023 by AFP
Russia's Prigozhin a 'war criminal': US Justice chief The US justice chief on Wednesday branded Yevgeny Prigozhin, head of Russia's mercenary Wagner military force fighting in Ukraine, a war criminal. Attorney General Merrick Garland told a Senate hearing that the Justice Department [...]
1 March 2023 by AFP
ICC asked to probe Turkish 'crimes' against opponents Rights lawyers said Wednesday they had asked the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate alleged crimes against humanity by the Turkish government targeting opponents around the world. The case submitted to the Hague-bas [...]