The Trump administration established a task force on Sept. 12 to reaffirm its commitment in confronting ongoing mass atrocities in the United States and worldwide. The Atrocity Early Warning Task Force, a White House-led interagency structure, is the latest act of commitment from the administration to hold perpetrators of genocide and mass atrocities accountable, according […]
After 15 Years of Detention, 2021 Trial Date Set for 5 Guantanamo Bay Detainees…
Five men being held in Guantanamo Bay prison accused of planning and aiding the September 11 terror attacks will go on trial in 2021. If convicted at the military commission, which combines elements of civilian and military law, the defendants could face the death penalty. The five detainees include Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, a senior al […]
Saudi Arabia Condemns UN Report on Yemen War Crimes…
A Tuesday report released b the UN confirmed in considerable detail misdeeds by the Saudi-led coalition in Yemen, killing thousands of civilians in Yemen, raping and torturing detainees, and using child soldiers. The report warned these may amount to war crimes. While they didn’t specifically dispute any of this, Saudi Arabia was predictably furious about […]
Yemen: United Nations Experts Point to Possible War Crimes by Parties to the Conflict…
U.S. House Introduces Bill to End Support for Saudi’s ‘Horrifying’ War in Yemen…
Citing human rights concerns, a bipartisan committee in the US House of Representatives has called for the US military to stop lending crucial support to the Saudi Arabian war in Yemen. The widely condemned Saudi intervention into the Yemeni Civil War has led to the deaths of tens of thousands of people, many of them […]
Syria Charges Washington with War Crimes in Siege of Raqqa…
In the past several days, US air strikes have claimed the lives of scores of Syrian civilians, including women and children, as the Pentagon and its proxy ground forces escalate the two-month-old siege of the ISIS-controlled city of Raqqa. In the latest bombing of Raqqa nearly 50 civilians were killed or wounded, according to a […]
Torture Lawsuit Against Two CIA Psychologists Delays CIA Waterboarders’ Guantánamo Testimony…
UK Trained Saudi Unit Accused Of Whitewashing War Crimes In Yemen…
The British military has provided training to a Saudi war crimes investigations unit headed by a Bahraini judge accused of sentencing peaceful protesters to lengthy jail terms, where they were often tortured…
The Crimes of Seal Team 6 by Matthew Cole…
Officially known as the Naval Special Warfare Development Group, SEAL Team 6 is today the most celebrated of the U.S. military’s special mission units. But hidden behind the heroic narratives is a darker, more troubling story of “revenge ops,” unjustified killings, mutilations, and other atrocities — a pattern of criminal violence that…
U.N. Votes to Set Up Panel to Prepare Syria War Crimes Cases…
The UN General Assembly has agreed to set up a panel to gather evidence on war crimes in Syria, taking a first step toward prosecuting those responsible for atrocities in the nearly six-year war. A resolution on establishing the investigative mechanism was adopted yesterday in the 193-nation assembly by a vote of 105 to 15, […]
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