Obama’s God Complex By Yvonne Ridley May 30, 2012 “Information Clearing House” – The fatal shooting of black teenager Trayvon Martin shocked a nation, inspired tens of thousands to march for justice and even prompted the US President to declare, “If I had a son, he would look like Trayvon”. It [...]
The Special Loophole in Hell for War Lawyers By David Swanson http://warisacrime.org/content/special-loophole-hell-war-lawyers The strict rule of law is an ideal and a fantasy. Conflicting and archaic words must be interpreted, and doing so is an art, not a science. But there is an enormous chasm between honest attempts to [...]
The Libyan Model and the Oxymoron: Class of 2012 Queen and King By David Swanson http://warisacrime.org/content/libyan-model-and-oxymoron-class-2012-queen-and-king There’s a new Atrocity Prevention Board in town, and its chief tool for preventing atrocities will be . . . wait for it . . . atrocities! What a breakthrough! And this clown is forming a tentative life partnership with an [...]
There is little doubt Taylor commanded militias that were responsible for some horrific acts of violence in Liberia [AFP] After a long and expensive trial, the Special Court for Sierra Leone will finally give its verdict on whether former Liberian president Charles Taylor is guilty or innocent of war crimes and crimes against humanity. While [...]
Firefighters try to save bags of food aid at the United Nations headquarters in Gaza City after it was bombed by Israel on Jan. 15, 2009. (MaanImages/Mohamed Al-Zanon) BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — Palestine can still pursue an investigation into possible Israeli war crimes during the last offensive on Gaza at the International Criminal Court, PLO observer [...]
Delusional Milestone By Lawrence Davidson April 08, 2012 “Information Clearing House” — Pastor John Hagee’s Christians United For Israel (CUFI) announced the “registration of their millionth member” on 18 March 2012. This organization, founded in 2006, with the goal of “realizing the political potential of tens of millions of evangelical Americans who support Israel” can also [...]
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi could be tried and executed in Libya if the ICC‘s efforts continue to be resisted. Photograph: Rex Features Chris Stephen in Tripoli guardian.co.uk, Saturday 7 April 2012 19.53 BST Article history Libya is set to defy the United Nations by holding its own trial of Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, son of the country’s deposed dictator, without handing [...]
UNAC conference challenges U.S./NATO war policies By davidswanson - Posted on 05 April 2012 From SocialistAction On April 1 The New York Times reported that the U.S.and the Gulf states, meeting as the “Friends of Syria” in Istanbul, had moved dramatically closer to direct military intervention against the Assad regime. The pro-U.S. Arab nations pledged [...]
A family rushes from the scene of an Israeli missile strike on a building in the Rafah refugee camp, southern Gaza Strip, Dec. 28, 2008. (MaanImages/Hatem Omar) BETHLEHEM (Ma’an) — The International Criminal Court will not investigate Israel’s conduct during its December 2008 offensive on Gaza because Palestine is not a state, the world prosecutor [...]
By David Model (about the author) opednews.com This page has been pointing out the terror tactics involved in Drone warfare for quite some time. Obama is possibly the worst Presient the US has produced. The electoral system there is corrupt and simply a plaything for the elite and their money backed up by ruthless media propaganda. [...]
In the court’s first conviction, the ICC recently found Thomas Lubanga guilty of war crimes [Al Jazeera] Cambridge, MA - When the Lubanga verdict was handed down at the International Criminal Court, rather than a chorus of celebration, there was qualified applause from pundits and publicists. Almost all the opinion pieces that examined the potential impact [...]
George Clooney was protesting against Sudan‘s blockage of humanitarian aid to border area with South Sudan [Reuters] Hollywood movie star George Clooney has been arrested at Sudan’s embassy in Washington during a protest against the country’s blockade of humanitarian aid. Clooney, his father Nick and other anti-Sudan activists, ignored three police warnings to leave the embassy grounds [...]
The Financial Crisis as A Global CrimeBy Danny Schechter March 12, 2012 “Information Clearing House” — Journalists for the most part report what they know and hope that someone pays attention. With so many media outlets, brands, bloggers and sloggers out there, it is rare for challenging ideas to touch a [...]
Perhaps the luckiest people on the planet are those in the US and those who follow their lead in creating imperial hegemony. The level of war crimes committed by people like Clinton, Obama, Blair. Howard and more recently Gillard here in Australia would see any person not so close to the elites struggling to defend [...]
The World War on Democracy By John Pilger January 20, 2012 “Information Clearing House” — Lisette Talate died the other day. I remember a wiry, fiercely intelligent woman who masked her grief with a determination that was a presence. She was the embodiment of people’s resistance to the war on [...]
Middle East wealth there for the sharing By Hossein Askari In the euphoria of the “Arab Spring”, observers began predicting the blooming of Arab economies after a temporary slowdown attributed to demonstrations, shortages, bottlenecks and ensuing dislocations. The overthrow of Hosni Mubarak in Egypt was forecast to [...]
Mexicans Call on Int’l Criminal Court to Investigate Both Mexican State and Drug Gangs by PAUL IMISON Mexico City The same week that a coalition of Mexican activists appealed to the International Criminal Court (ICC) to investigate President Felipe Calderon for war crimes, a leading member of the country’s peace movement was gunned down in [...]
A war crimes tribunal in Malaysia offers a devastating critique of international criminal law institutions today. In Kuala Lumpur, after two years of investigation by the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Commission (KLWCC), a tribunal (the Kuala Lumpur War Crimes Tribunal, or KLWCT) consisting of five judges with judicial and academic backgrounds reached a [...]
The Russell Tribunal on Palestine recently found the state of Israel to be guilty of apartheid [EPA] It is my belief that the recent finding of the Russell Tribunal on Palestine (RToP) that the state of Israel is guilty of the crime of apartheid in relation to the Palestine people should be taken with the [...]
The Road to Hell: Libya and Now Syria? By Jeremy Salt – Ankara The report just issued by the UN Human Rights Council‘s ‘independent international commission of inquiry on the Syrian Arab Republic‘ is now being passed along the line to the UN Security Council, with the recommendation by the UN Human Rights Commissioner, Navi [...]
Powerful human actors are responsible for the famine in Somalia [GALLO/GETTY] Minneapolis, Minnesota – Several months ago, I wrote an essay entitled “Genocidal Politics and the Somali Famine”. It appears that the coordinator of the UN’s Monitoring Committee for Somalia agrees with the essay’s proposition that nature is not to blame and that powerful human [...]
Laurent Gbagbo, the former Ivory Coast president, pictured at the time of his capture by rival forces in April. Photograph: Aristide Bodegla/AP Laurent Gbagbo flies to Hague as first ex-head of state taken into ICC custody Ivory Coast former president’s arrest follows International Criminal Court warrant over months of post-election violence reddit this David Smith, Africa [...]
The Troubling Case of Saif Gadhafi by Franklin Lamb Posted on November 27, 2011 by dandelionsalad by Franklin Lamb Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Zintan , Libya November 25, 2011 Despite the claims of the National Transitional Council of Libya (NTC) that Saif al Islam Gadhafi, the apprehended subject of an International Criminal Court arrest warrant that ordered his transport [...]
Mexican president Felipe Caldéron is accused of war crimes in the counry’s battle against drug gangs. Photograph: Alfredo Estrella/AFP/Getty Images Activists accuse Mexican president of war crimes in drug crackdown International criminal court asked to investigate Felipe Caldéron over killing, torture and kidnap of civilians by army and police reddit this guardian.co.uk, Saturday 26 November 2011 [...]
NEW YORK (Ma’an) — For the first time, the Palestinian flag will be raised this week in front of the UNESCO building in Paris acknowledging Palestine‘s admission, the ambassador to the UN said Wednesday. Riyad Mansour says Elias Sunbor, the Palestinian envoy in Paris, will raise the flag Thursday. Mansour told Ma’an the leadership in [...]
Leaked UN Report: Torture and Lynchings in Post-Gadhafi Libya Estimated 7,000 ‘Disappeared’ by New Regime by Jason Ditz, November 23, 2011 | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum NATO officials are continuing to trumpet the regime change in Libya as a great military success for the alliance. But while we wait for the current regime to [...]
Saif al-Islam‘s capture worries Blair 20 November 2011 [this article originally appeared in Mail on Sunday 20 November 2011 page 7] Saif al-Islam Gadaffi has been captured by forces loyal to the new government of Libya on his way through the Sahara desert to Niger where his family had bought themselves many friends with their [...]
The Nurenberg trials allowed the US to try germans without reflecting on their own warfare [GALLO/GETTY] Princeton, NJ – Ever since German and Japanese surviving leaders were prosecuted after World War II at Nuremberg and Tokyo, there has been a wide abyss separating the drive for criminal accountability on the part of those who commit [...]
Abdullah al-Senoussi, former head of Libyan intelligence, was found at his sisters house, revolutionary fighters said. Photograph: Dario Lopez-Mills/AP Gaddafi’s intelligence chief captured, says Libyan minister Revolutionary fighters catch Abdullah al-Senoussi in southern desert region near where Gaddafi’s son Saif al-Islam was found reddit this Agencies guardian.co.uk, Sunday 20 November 2011 17.16 GMT Article history [...]
Libya pledges ‘fair trial’ for Saif al-Islam Prime minister promises “justice and transparency” in handling of case of former leader’s internationally wanted son This Al Jazeera article also comes with video coverage that you can watch at: http://www.aljazeera.com/news/africa/2011/11/2011112052915845986.html The article continues Libya’s prime minister has promised a fair trial for Saif al-Islam Gaddafi, [...]
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi sitting in a plane in Zintan after his capture. Photograph: Ismail Zitouni/Reuters Saif al-Islam Gaddafi: what next for Libya and the west? With calls for his transfer to the international criminal court, Saif’s treatment will be an important test for Libya’s changing profile reddit this Ian Black, Middle East editor guardian.co.uk, Saturday 19 [...]
Saif al-Islam Gaddafi after his capture, his fingers wrapped in bandages and his legs covered with a blanket. Photograph: Reuters Tv/Reuters Saif al-Islam Gaddafi captured in Libya Interim Tripoli government says son of Muammar Gaddafi was arrested while attempting to flee to neighbouring Niger reddit this Chris Stephen in Tripoli and David Batty guardian.co.uk, Saturday 19 November [...]
Terror and Revenge Engulfs NATO’s Libya by Franklin Lamb Posted on November 12, 2011 by dandelionsalad by Franklin Lamb Featured Writer Dandelion Salad Benghazi, Libya November 1, 2011 The “new Libya” has entered its own “Terror” which is spreading inexorably, aided by NATO member states including American, French and British SAS units known locally as “disappearance [...]
Image via Wikipedia Hamas official calls Israeli leaders ‘war criminals‘ Published yesterday 12:38 GAZA CITY (Ma’an) — The Minister of Justice in the Hamas government on Sunday denounced Israeli airstrikes against the coastal enclave and called for Israeli leaders to be tried as “war criminals,” a statement said. Al-Ghoul condemned the killing of Gaza [...]
The killing of Gaddafi after his capture in Sirte, which was recorded on mobile phone cameras, has attracted international criticism. Photograph: Rick Gershon/Getty Images NTC backs down from insistence Gaddafi died in crossfire and pledges justice for anyone proven to have fired lethal shot reddit this Martin Chulov and agencies guardian.co.uk, Thursday 27 October 2011 [...]
The Man Who Knew Too Much Libyans may be celebrating the killing of Muammar al-Qaddafi, but you’d better believe that Western governments are breathing a sigh of relief themselves. BY DAVID RIEFF | OCTOBER 24, 2011 Whether the NATO countries — who had only a few years ago welcomed Col. Muammar al-Qaddafi back into the international fold [...]
Sudan‘s Omar al-Bashir in Malawi: ICC wants answers African leaders have called for the ICC to suspend President Omar al-Bashir’s arrest warrant Continue reading the main story Deadly Darfur Darfur: World’s favourite war? In pictures: Portraits of Darfur Q&A: Darfur conflict Who are Sudan’s Darfur rebels? The International Criminal Court has asked Malawi to explain [...]
Libyan diplomats at the UN defected from Gaddafi’s regime and are asking for international help [GALLO/GETTY] Calls for international intervention to end the conflict in Libya have come from across the political spectrum and have even included Libyan voices, such as the country’s delegation to the United Nations. These calls, especially on the part of Libyans, are [...]
UN Security Council Chambers Yemeni Nobel Laureate Demands Saleh Be Prosecuted for War Crimes The UN Security Council is considering a resolution to support the Gulf States’ plan for Saleh to step down with immunity by John Glaser, October 18, 2011 | Print This | Share This | Antiwar Forum Yemeni Nobel peace laureate Tawakul Karman publicly pleaded with [...]
President Mahmoud Abbas holds up a copy of the letter that he had just delivered to UN Secretary General Ban Ki-moon requesting full UN representation for a Palestinian state, during his address before the 66th UN General Assembly at UN headquarters in New York, Sept. 23. (Reuters/Mike Segar) By John Quigley and Gabi Fahel [...]
As well as applying for UN membership, Palestine may also seek to join the International Criminal Court [Reuters] Palestine and Israel: A rights-based approach Calling for negotiations instead of statehood for Palestine “holds justice hostage to the political will of Israel”. Shawan Jabarin Last Modified: 05 Oct 2011 11:0 Some governments have objected to the [...]
When the UN Security Council passes resolutions allowing intervention, third parties such as NATO can carry out the interventions without accountability to anyone [EPA] What does Gaddafi‘s fall mean for Africa? As global powers become more interested in Africa, interventions in the continent will likely become more common. Mahmood Mamdani Last Modified: 30 Aug 2011 [...]
On his first visit to Tripoli since the civil war, Libya‘s interim government chief has warned allies who helped overthrow Muammar Gaddafi not to start “political games” against each other until Gaddafi’s supporters were completely defeated. Mahmoud Jibril, the National Transitional Council number two, told a news conference on Thursday “the battle of liberation is [...]
Gadaffi bent on “guerrilla warfare” 30 August 2011 Over the past few days, following the storming of the Bab al-Aziziyah barracks, speculation has increased about the whereabouts of Col Mu’ammar Gadaffi. These speculations will certainly take a new turn, now that the Algerian foreign ministry has confirmed that Gadaffi’s wife, Safiyah, his daughter, Ayshah, and [...]
Real-World Motives for Libya War September 1, 2011 The West has buffered the war in Libya with layers of propaganda, including Orwellian claims about “protecting civilians” even as NATO warplanes kill civilians. The obvious real goal was “regime change,” the removal of Muammar Gaddafi, but historian William Blum explores what else was afoot. By [...]
AMY GOODMAN: As we go to broadcast, heavy fighting continues in parts of Tripoli, the capital of Libya, where rebels are reportedly battling with Muammar Gaddafi’s forces outside his heavily fortified compound. Rebel leaders say they do not expect the huge complex to fall easily. Sky News reports many casualties are arriving at a hospital in central [...]
Gadhafi era ‘over’ as rebels seize most of Tripoli Published today (updated) 22/08/2011 22:04 A portrait of Moammar Gadhafi and copies of his green book are set on fire outside the Libyan embassy in Ankara today. [AFP/Adem Altan] TRIPOLI (AFP) — Libya’s rebels Monday declared the “Gadhafi era” over after taking control of most [...]
You can view the video at: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/africa/2011/08/201182261941319259.html The head of Libya‘s National Transitional Council (NTC) has announced the end of the Gaddafi era, while sporadic fighting continued across the capital, Tripoli. Fighting and gun battles erupted in parts of Tripoli on Monday after tanks left Bab al-Azizyah, Muammar Gaddafi‘s compound, to confront the [...]
The twitter rumour mill is working overtime that Qaddafi has left Libya. Related articles The unclear fate of Libya’s 4 most-wanted men (cbsnews.com) REPORT: Libya Rebels in Tripoli as Qaddafi’s Defenses Collapse. “Libyan rebels raced into Tripoli … (pajamasmedia.com) Link to a John Glaser video on Qaddafi (ikners.com) Concerns over post-Qaddafi leadership (cbsnews.com) Libyan Rebels [...]
See the video at: http://english.aljazeera.net/news/middleeast/2011/08/201181834547755984.html Military and police operations against protesters in Syria have stopped, Syrian President Bashar al-Assad told United Nations Secretary-General Ban Ki-moon, the world body said in a statement. The announcement comes ahead of a UN Security Council meeting on Thursday at which the UN’s human rights chief, Navi Pillay, could call [...]
