Africa
Sudan: mass rape by army in Darfur
Sudanese army forces raped more than 200 women and girls in an organized attack on the north Darfur town of Tabit in October, Human Rights Watch charges.
Tag: genocide
South Asia
Nepal forms commissions to probe war crimes
Nepal created a long-delayed Truth and Reconciliation Commission to investigate war crimes during the nation's 10-year civil war with Maoist guerillas.
The Andes
Colombia: whither FARC’s future?
While Colombia's right fears incorporation of the FARC into a new rural police force, rebel leaders protest that the army continues offensives against them—despite peace talks.
Central America
Guatemala: top cop convicted in embassy fire
It took 35 years, but Guatemala's former police chief has now been convicted of causing the deaths of 22 indigenous leaders and 15 others in a fire at the Spanish embassy.
Africa
Ex-LRA commander appears before ICC
Former Lord's Resistance Army commander Dominic Ongwen, himself once a child solider abducted at age 14, made his first appearance before the International Criminal Court.
Central America
Guatemala postpones ex-dictator’s genocide retrial
The retrial of Guatemala's ex-dictator Efrain Rios Montt on genocide charges was delayed—on the basis of the judge having written a university thesis on genocide.
Africa
Uganda rebel commander to be transferred to ICC
Uganda sid it will send Dominic Ongwen, a leader of the Lord's Resistance Army, to trial at the International Criminal Court for war crimes and crimes against humanity.
Africa
Boko Haram massacres 2,000: Amnesty
Up to 2,000 are feared dead in an ongoing massacre after Boko Haram seized Baga, a town on Nigeria's border with Chad in Borno state. The town was reportedly "razed to the ground."
Africa
UN issues report on CAR war crimes
The UN released its report finding that acts committed by armed factions in the Central African Republic constituted war crimes and crimes against humanity, but not genocide.
South Asia
Bangladesh sentences Islamist leader to death
The International Crimes Tribunal Bangladesh sentenced Islamist leader ATM Azharul Islam to death—leading to calls for a general strike from his supporters.
The Amazon
Peru to evacuate village in Amazon conflict
Riverboats were sent to evacuate a rainforest village after it was raided by an isolated indigenous band, apparently pushed from its lands by illegal loggers and narco-traffickers.
South Asia
India: Bodo militants massacre tribal people
National Democratic Front of Bodoland (NDFB) militants shot dead at least 50 adivasis, or tribal people, in a wave of coordinated attacks across India's northeast state of Assam.