The Biden White House acknowledged reports that Israeli forces may have misused U.S.-supplied white phosphorus against Lebanon in at least one cross-border skirmish in October and indicated the U.S. would look into the incident. White phosphorus is a component sometimes used in smoke, illumination, and incendiary munitions. While its use as a smoke-producing agent is […]
The U.S. Department of Justice announced war crime charges on Dec. 6 against four “Russia-affiliated military personnel” who are alleged to have detained and tortured an American citizen in Ukraine. Federal prosecutors filed charges on Dec. 5 against Suren Seiranovich Mkrtchyan, Dmitry Budnik, Valerii LNU (last name unknown), and Nazar LNU. A federal criminal complaint […]
Former Speaker of the House, Rep. Kevin McCarthy (R-Calif.), says he is planning to leave Congress at the end of the year. The Justice Department has charged four Russian nationals with war crimes related to the invasion of Ukraine. The indictment marks the first-ever use of the U.S. war crimes statute against Russia-affiliated military personnel. […]
The U.S. Department of Defense (DOD) is withholding valuable information from the International Criminal Court (ICC), hindering the court’s investigation of alleged Russian war crimes in Ukraine, according to a key U.S. ambassador. At a Wednesday Senate Foreign Relations Committee hearing, U.S. Ambassador-at-Large for Global Criminal Justice Beth Van Schaack testified that she believes the […]
The U.S. Department of Homeland Security (DHS) said on Sept. 28 that it’s pursuing nearly 1,700 leads of people living in the United States who were alleged perpetrators of war crimes, crimes against humanity, and other human rights violations. The department confirmed the number of leads it’s pursuing in response to questioning by Senate Majority Whip Dick Durbin […]
Prime Minister Boris Johnson says he’ll bring nuclear home as the government announces its new energy strategy. A security guard at the British Embassy in Berlin is facing charges that he spied for Russia. Ukraine’s prosecutor general says the country will seek justice for war crimes, crimes against humanity, crimes of aggression, and genocide at the […]
U.S. President Joe Biden has accused Russian President Putin of war crimes, as images of killed civilians lying in the streets and in mass graves emerge from the Ukrainian town of Bucha. The Kremlin denies the accusations, saying it was staged by Kyiv. NTD spoke with defence fellow Robert Clark about the alleged war crimes, and why […]
The U.S. State Department on Wednesday officially accused Russia of committing war crimes in Ukraine. “Today, I can announce that, based on information currently available, the U.S. government assesses that members of Russia’s forces have committed war crimes in Ukraine,” Secretary of State Antony Blinken said in a statement. The formal declaration is based on […]
Rescue attempts are underway after a theatre was bombed in the Ukrainian city of Mariupol. Hundreds of civilians, including children, were taking shelter in the basement. Local officials say they don’t know yet how many have survived. And U.K. Foreign Secretary Liz Truss said that there’s strong evidence that “war crimes have been committed and that Vladimir Putin is behind them.” Russia has […]
MADRID (AP)—A judge in Spain has begun hearing testimony against potential war crimes by President Bashar al-Assad’s regime in Syria. The plaintiff, Amal Hag Hamdo Anfalis, is a Spanish national whose brother was allegedly abducted and tortured in the Syrian capital of Damascus, before being executed in 2013. On Monday, she told National Court judge […]
The United Nations special envoy for Syria and the EU foreign policy chief spoke about the chemical attack in the Syrian province of Idlib. The U.N. Special Envoy Staffan de Mistura stated that the attack came from the air, and specialists will investigate exactly what happened. De Mistura mentioned the seriousness of the attack and […]
A UN panel says the evacuation of eastern Aleppo in December after months of siege and aerial bombing by Russian and Syrian forces was the latest in a series of war crimes committed in the six-year-old conflict. Paulo Pinheiro, the Chairperson of The Commission of Inquiry on Syria, said there was no military necessity to […]
