Press TV December 4, 2019 A personal attorney of President Donald Trump plans to block efforts by the International Criminal Court (ICC) to open an investigation into US war crimes overseas. This comes as the ICC’s chief prosecutor Fatou Bensouda is set to make a second request to launch a full war crimes probe this
BBC News: On 18 October 2012, a UK Special Forces soldier shot dead four young people in an Afghan village. Their families say three of them were children. It looks like a war crime but nobody has been prosecuted. The soldier who killed the boys had reportedly claimed to detectives that he acted in self-defence. He told
Tolo News: The Independent Human Rights Commission (AIHRC) warned on Sunday that Trump’s decisions to pardon two American soldiers accused of war crimes in Afghanistan will cause the repeat of such crimes. On Nov. 14, Trump granted clemency to two US Army officers convicted of or charged with war crimes in Afghanistan. Click here to read more (external
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty November 16, 2019 U.S. President Donald Trump has issued pardons to two U.S. Army officers accused of war crimes in Afghanistan, action that critics say undermines the country’s military justice system. Trump on November 15 also restored the rank of a Navy SEAL platoon commander who was demoted for actions in
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty October 31, 2019 Human Rights Watch (HRW) says CIA-backed Afghan paramilitary forces have “committed summary executions and other grave abuses without accountability” — including extrajudicial killings, forced disappearances, and attacks on health-care facilities. In its report, released on October 31, HRW called on the Afghan government to immediately disband all pro-government
The New York Post: Alexander plays the leader of a rogue group who murder three civilians during the war in Afghanistan and lie about the circumstances. It’s a true story that happened in 2009 and ’10. Names are changed, and Skarsgård is called Sergeant Deeks. Click here to read more (external link).
Associated Press: International Criminal Court judges said Tuesday that the court’s prosecutor can appeal against the rejection of her request to open an investigation into crimes linked to the long-running conflict in Afghanistan. In April, a panel of judges rejected the proposed investigation, saying it would not be in the interests of justice because an investigation
Radio Free Europe/Radio Liberty August 8, 2019 The U.S. Navy dismissed charges on August 6 against four SEALs accused of abusing detainees in Afghanistan seven years ago, AP reported. The four SEALs — Lieutenant Jason Webb, Chief Petty Officers David Swarts and Xavier Silva, and Petty Officer 1st Class Daniel D’Ambrosio — were accused of
Army Times: The civilian review comes after former 1st Lt. Clint Lorance, 34, had an appeal rejected by military judges two years ago. On July 2, 2012, Lorance gave orders to his soldiers to fire on three unarmed Afghan men on a motorcycle near their patrol. One soldier initially fired two shots, missed and watched as the
Press TV June 8, 2019 The International Criminal Court’s (ICC) chief prosecutor has filed an appeal challenging the court’s rejection of a probe into war crimes in Afghanistan by invading US forces, local Afghan troops as well as Taliban and other militant groups. The 17-page appeal document filed on Friday by the court’s lead prosecutor