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U.S. says Gaddafi troops raping, issued Viagra: envoys

Louis Charbonneau Yahoo! News 04/28/2011
U.S. says Gaddafi troops raping, issued Viagra: envoys

The U.S. envoy to the United Nations told the Security Council on Thursday that troops loyal to Libyan leader Muammar Gaddafi were increasingly engaging in sexual violence and some had been issued the impotency drug Viagra, diplomats said.

International Court dismisses case of Darfur rebel

THE HAGUE, Netherlands -- International war crimes judges dismissed the case against a Sudanese rebel leader Monday, ruling that prosecutors failed to provide enough evidence to put him on trial for the deaths of international peacekeepers.

Gaza: UN chief Ban Ki-Moon rules evidence 'incomplete'

There is not yet enough evidence to say whether Israel and the Palestinians are complying with UN demands to probe the Gaza conflict, the head of the UN says.

Hamas Gives U.N. Response to Gaza War Crimes Report

The Islamist group Hamas on Wednesday formally rejected allegations it had committed war crimes during last year's fighting in Gaza, charges made in a United Nations report.

Israel set to respond to UN demand on Gaza war

JERUSALEM — Israel was to give UN chief Ban Ki-moon a letter on Friday in response to a UN demand that it probe alleged war crimes in its Gaza offensive which the Jewish state previously rejected, officials said.

EU delegation urges trial of Israeli war criminals

A high ranking European parliamentary delegation in the Gaza Strip has called for the prosecution of Israeli officials over war crimes in the territory.

Tamil Tiger video killing is genuine, declares the UN

Catherine Philp, James Bone The Times 01/07/2010
Egyptian scholar: Abbas must be stoned if proven guilty of instigating Israeli war against Gaza

Doha-based Egyptian scholar Sheikh Yusuf al-Qaradawi says if it is proven that acting Palestinian Authority Chief Mahmoud Abbas instigated the Israeli war against Gaza, he must be stoned.

Tamil Tiger video killing is genuine, declares the UN

A leading United Nations expert called yesterday for a war crimes inquiry in Sri Lanka after his investigation concluded that a video showing soldiers summarily killing Tamil prisoners last year was authentic.

Radovan Karadzic trial delayed until March 2010

Bruno Waterfield Telegraph 11/05/2009
Israelis seek arrest of Hamas leaders abroad

JERUSALEM — A group of Israelis wounded in Palestinian rocket attacks during this year's Gaza war have asked a Belgian court to issue war crimes arrest warrants against Hamas leaders, they said on Thursday.

Radovan Karadzic trial delayed until March 2010

Radovan Karadzic will have a defence lawyer imposed on him after United Nations judges ruled that he had 'substantially and persistently obstructed' his trial for genocide and war crimes.


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