The Andes
Colombia: kingpin named in Trujillo Massacre
Colombia's prosecutor charged notorious drug kingpin "Don Diego" with masterminding several massacres between 1988 and 1994 in which hundreds of peasants were killed.
Tag: genocide
Africa
French troops to Central African Republic
France is escalating its military mission in the Central African Republic, airlifting troops and equipment to the capital Bangui ahead of an anticipated UN-backed intervention.
Afghanistan
HRW calls for ICC inquiry on Afghanistan crimes
Human Rights Watch urged the International Criminal Court to expedite an inquiry into war crimes committed in Afghanistan by insurgent and government forces alike.
The Andes
Colombia: threatened indigenous group leader slain
Two gunmen assassinated Juan Álvaro Pai, traditional governor of the endangered Awá indigenous people, in an incursion into their reserve in Colombia’s Nariño department.
Central America
Guatemala: court seeks amnesty for Ríos Montt
The same court that threw out ex-dictator Ríos Montt's genocide conviction last spring is now looking for a way to get him an amnesty.
South Asia
Bangladesh MP sentenced to death for war crimes
The International Crimes Tribunal Bangladesh sentenced Salahuddin Quader Chowdhury, a lawmaker for the Bangladesh Nationalist Party, to death for war crimes.
Africa
NYC Congolese protest Paul Kagame, Elie Wiesel
New York area Congolese protested a panel on Syria that Nobel laureate Elie Wiesel shared with Rwandan President Paul Kagame—who they accuse of massive war crimes.
Africa
Charles Taylor’s 50-year sentence upheld on appeal
The UN Special Court for Sierra Leone rejected an appeal by former Liberian president Charles Taylor of his convictions for war crimes.
Greater Middle East
Assad to The Hague? Don’t bet on it…
Syria does not recognize the International Criminal Court, so an ICC case against Bashar Assad can only be launched by the Security Council—where Russia holds a veto.
Africa
AI: demand Sudan president surrender to ICC
Amnesty International called upon UN members to demand Sudanese President Omar al-Bashir turn himself in to the International Criminal Court to face genocide charges.
The Andes
Colombia: 60% of indigenous face ‘extinction’
The National Indigenous Organization of Colombia warns that 62.7% of Colombia’s indigenous population is at risk of extinction due to armed conflict and mining development.
Greater Middle East
Syria: minority peoples face cleansing
Armenians, Circassians, Mandaeans and other small ethnicities in Syria are being uprooted by jihadist terror, and increasingly see the Assad regime as the lesser evil.