Tag: The Hague

Sep 2020. Former Myanmar Soldiers detail Mass Atrocities Part 2

“We wiped out about 20 villages,” Private Zaw Naing Tun said, adding that he, too, dumped bodies in a mass grave. The two soldiers’ video testimony, recorded by a rebel militia, is the first time that members of the Tatmadaw, as Myanmar’s military is known, have openly confessed to taking part in what United Nations… Continue reading Sep 2020. Former Myanmar Soldiers detail Mass Atrocities Part 2

Sep 2020. Former Myanmar Soldiers detail Mass Atrocities Part 1

Two Myanmar soldiers confess their crimes in a monotone, a few blinks of the eye their only betrayal of emotion: executions, mass burials, village obliterations and rape. The August 2017 order from his commanding officer was clear, Pvt. Myo Win Tun said in video testimony. “Shoot all you see and all you hear.” He said… Continue reading Sep 2020. Former Myanmar Soldiers detail Mass Atrocities Part 1

Jul 2020. Hashim Thaci Questioned

July 2020. Kosovar President Hashim Thaci has faced questioning by international war-crimes prosecutors at The Hague. The Kosovo Specialist Chambers (SPO) announced on June 24 that Thaci and other prominent Kosovars were the subject of an indictment on suspicion of serious crimes including “nearly 100 murders,” enforced disappearances, and torture. Thaci was a top commander… Continue reading Jul 2020. Hashim Thaci Questioned

Jul 2020. Timbuktu War Crimes Trial

July 2020. In 2012, a coalition of Islamic extremists occupied the ancient city of Timbuktu in the Saharan desert. They imposed a brutal regime, murdering and raping those they considered to be non-believers and destroying centuries-old holy sites that they saw as blasphemous. Prosecutors at the International Criminal Court (ICC) in The Hague accuse Al… Continue reading Jul 2020. Timbuktu War Crimes Trial

May 2020. Rwanda Genocide Trial

May 2020. The man accused of financing the Rwandan genocide has denied playing a role in the massacres. “All of this is lies. I have not killed any Tutsis. I was working with them,” Félicien Kabuga told a French court during a bail hearing. The 84-year-old businessman was arrested earlier this month in a suburb… Continue reading May 2020. Rwanda Genocide Trial

Nov 2019. The Rohingya Genocide Case Part 1

November 2019. The Gambia has denounced Myanmar leader Aung San Suu Kyi’s “silence” over alleged atrocities against Rohingya Muslims. The Muslim-majority African country has accused Myanmar of genocide in a case at the UN’s top court. Lawyers said Ms Suu Kyi had ignored widespread allegations of mass murder, rape and forced deportation. The Nobel Peace… Continue reading Nov 2019. The Rohingya Genocide Case Part 1